The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages, and provide climate finance to ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating international law if they fail to do their part to protect the planet from ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in for the first time on what the court's ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The UN's highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal benchmark for action around the globe to the climate ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands − The United Nations' highest court said countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change by cooperating to curb emissions as it delivered an opinion ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Republic of Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation of 320,000 ...

Though the decision is nonbinding, the ruling from the International Court of Justice could open the door for more litigation against corporate polluters. The United Nations’ top court has found ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in for the first time on what the court’s ...