The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

A profound thread runs through the judgment and the separate opinion of one of the judges: that biodiversity is not merely a ...

An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

In a unanimous decision on July 23, 2025, the fifteen judges on the United Nations’ International Court of Justice (“ICJ”), also known as the ...

The climate debate has whipsawed in recent years. Businesses frequently have been caught in the middle, with stakeholders including government regulators, activist investors, consumers, ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

The Court’s advisory opinion affirms that inadequate action on climate change may violate international law. Its findings could shape the contours of debate at COP30.

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

The ICJ’s advisory opinion spells out states’ duties on climate, opening doors for lawsuits and stronger climate action. View ...

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a seminal ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent ...