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

Honolulu is not alone in its effort to sue fossil fuel companies to hold them accountable for climate change harms, but the ...

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger ...

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday revoking a science-based determination ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

A new ruling from the World Court provides climate activists new tools for demanding accountability. On July 23, in a stunning 140 page advisory opinion, (ICJ, or World Court) held for the first time ...

Last week's decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), reframing climate action as a legal obligation, means the EU's push to water down climate policies may breach both EU and ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do ...