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 ...

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The young Emirati has invented a device that could help detect dangerous permafrost thawing and alert communities ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the ...

Among the key points in the ICJ ruling is that countries have binding legal obligations under the United Nations (UN) climate ...