New global ruling says sovereign states are legally responsible for tackling climate change

Sovereign states are not only responsible for tackling fossil fuel damage, they have to make redress, according to a recent ground-breaking ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ... Read More

Where will climate change hit hardest? Global index reveals vulnerability

Global Vulnerability Index projects climate resilience to 2100, highlighting education, health, governance, and inequality as key drivers. Read More

UN court rules wealthy nations pay up for climate change damages in controversial global ruling

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday ruled that wealthy countries must comply with their commitments to curb fossil fuels and pollution or risk being held financially liable by nations hit ... Read More

UN's highest court says climate change is an 'existential threat'

THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal ... Read More

EU split over climate target, deal next week in doubt, draft shows

European Union countries are split over how ambitious to make their new climate change target, putting into doubt plans to strike a deal next week, their latest compromise proposal showed on Tuesday. Read More

UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect ... Read More

The UN’s top court delivers landmark decision on tackling climate change

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges with the United Nations’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right. The International ... Read More

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea. Read More

Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague. By Karen Zraick and Marlise Simons The International Court of ... Read More

A new global ruling shows states are legally responsible for tackling climate change

Amelia Hadfield is working with environmental law researchers Rosalind Malcolm and Feja Lesniewska to explore both the political and legal implications of the ICJ's recent ruling on state behaviour at ... Read More