On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the climate system and the environment from manmade emissions of greenhouse ...

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

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While Trump has infamously mocked climate change as “a great hoax,” the ICJ unanimously declared that international law ...

Since its launch in 1971, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has sought to protect the world's wetlands, which include lakes, ...

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented ...

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