Environmental Protection Agency officials might end the agency's prior "endangerment finding" for greenhouse gas emissions ...

The hottest year on record was 2023 — until 2024, when the Earth’s average temperature reached 1.55C above the pre-industrial ...

Forum leaders state the ruling opens a new legal path to protect the region’s people, land, and ocean. PIF Secretary General ...

An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger ...

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

A new ruling from the World Court provides climate activists new tools for demanding accountability. On July 23, in a stunning 140 page advisory opinion, (ICJ, or World Court) held for the first time ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do ...