The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

The island nation of Vanuatu prevailed in its landmark request to legally compel countries to cut emissions and compensate ...

The world’s top court has said a healthy environment is a human right, and governments could be violating international law ...

Known as the “endangerment finding,” the 2009 declaration has served as the basis for federal rules limiting greenhouse gas ...

Judges at the UN’s highest court are set to issue a decision Wednesday that could set a legal benchmark for action on the climate crisis.

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the ...

Cypriot firefighters have spent Wednesday battling a huge wildfire which has forced people living in at least four villages ...

While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

The European Union and China are preparing to agree a joint declaration on tackling climate change at a summit in Beijing on Thursday, EU diplomats told Reuters.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says money, not just science, makes the case for curbing climate change.

Sub-Saharan Africa will miss the UN’s 2030 goal to provide clean cooking for all on its current path, with universal access ...

NEW DELHI – In a ground-breaking climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the prime judicial organ of the ...