The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments ...

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to ...

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

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

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas ...

The top court of the United Nations on Wednesday declared that countries have an obligation to combat climate change — and ...

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental groups.

The United Nations' highest court will deliver an opinion on Wednesday that is likely to determine the course of future ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice also said high-emissions countries may need to pay ...

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has just won a landmark legal battle.