The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do not, the United Nations' highest court declared in a landmark advisory ...

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest judicial body, recently delivered its first-ever advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. The U.N. court said ...

SÃO PAULO — Greta Thunberg was among the thousands of participants to the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 50 boats carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza, when one vessel was reportedly struck by a ...

The latest advisory opinion by the United Nations’ International Court of Justice expands the legal framework for combating the climate crisis and transforms “climate justice” from an abstract concept ...

In July 2025, the International Court of Justice held its first hearings on states’ climate responsibilities in decades. A lead judge described climate change as an “urgent and existential threat,” ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of lawsuits related to climate change. The correct estimate is 3,000. We regret the error. The ...

IN General Santos City, students at Mindanao State University (MSU-GenSan) suffered from school closures in 2023 and 2024 — ...

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