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 landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) made it clear: Countries must comply with their climate obligations or face responsibility for ...

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

THIS week, in a move that surprised even those who have come to expect the worst from the Trump administration, the US ...

The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

Trump's attack on climate policies go against the top court's opinion, which could be used by lawyers to fight back ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has advised that the level of climate finance given to developing countries must be compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5C ...

After a “landmark” ruling from the International Court of Justice, journalists can expect more lawsuits against fossil fuel ...

The ICJ has delivered a “milestone moment for climate justice.” But does it go far enough?

The Trump administration proposed on July 29 to revoke the 2009 finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that ...

The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday revoking a science-based determination that pollution fueling climate change harms public health. The so-called ...