Vulnerable nations see the top court's opinion as a route to reparations but high-emitting countries reject any legal ...

Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant on Tuesday said the World Court is transposing established environmental jurisprudence to ...

In the Pacific Islands, a group of students turned their frustration into legal firepower, demanding justice for their ...

Chennai: While the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has received cases pertaining to environment, it is yet to receive ...

Judge of the International Court of Justice Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant on Tuesday said that every state is expected to take due diligence to prevent harm to the climate system. A core objective of ...

The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action ...

The African Union declared 2025 to be the “Year of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations”. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has an opportunity to make ...

Survivors of a deadly 2021 typhoon in the Philippines have filed a lawsuit against British oil giant Shell, seeking financial ...

In January 2004, Cyclone Heta pummeled the shores of the island nation of Niue, uprooting trees and flooding homes with 184 mile-per-hour winds and 164-foot waves. As dawn approached, after an intense ...

An advocacy group has called on France's highest administrative court to recognize that France is not doing enough to fight ...

As the world moves to slow climate change and create a more sustainable future, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today ...