The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do not, the United Nations' highest court declared in a landmark advisory ...

Climate cases turn on not only law and science but also judicial temperament: how judges perceive harm, risk, and responsibility over time.

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest judicial body, recently delivered its first-ever advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. The U.N. court said ...

The latest advisory opinion by the United Nations’ International Court of Justice expands the legal framework for combating the climate crisis and transforms “climate justice” from an abstract concept ...

SÃO PAULO — Greta Thunberg was among the thousands of participants to the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 50 boats carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza, when one vessel was reportedly struck by a ...

In July 2025, the International Court of Justice held its first hearings on states’ climate responsibilities in decades. A lead judge described climate change as an “urgent and existential threat,” ...

As climate treaty delegates gather in Bonn this week ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, later this year, the world needs to confront a truth usually omitted from such negotiations: the climate crisis is ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of lawsuits related to climate change. The correct estimate is 3,000. We regret the error. The ...

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