The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change.

The world’s top court may not be able to compel polluting states to halt planet-warming emissions, but experts say its momentous climate decision gives

What the Inter-American Court’s recent advisory opinion tells us about the past, present, and future of climate change policy and litigation

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical oceans,

Climate change is any long-term shift in average weather patterns. Climate change has occurred many times in Earth's history, and for many different reasons. The changes in global temperature and ...

It turns out that Americans are more familiar with—and more concerned about— climate change and global warming than they are about climate crisis, climate emergency or climate justice ...

As wildfires rage and floods rise, climate change is no longer a future threat - it's our lived reality. There is global imbalance, India's unjust burden and the urgent need for an inner transformatio