THE HAGUE, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Monday that it will deliver its advisory opinion on the legal obligations of states concerning climate change, ...

THE HAGUE, July 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The top United Nations court said Monday it would hand down a historic ruling on July 23 laying out a global legal blueprint for tackling climate change.

As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen tours the Pacific this week, nations’ legal obligations to phase out fossil ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just completed hearings on the climate crisis in a case that could have critical consequences for the survival of future generations. From December 2 ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...

A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought “the world's biggest problem to the world's ...

ICJ weighs legal responsibility for climate change, ‘future of our planet’ The International Court of Justice’s 15 judges will consider arguments made by more than 100 countries in a case ...

Equatorial Guinea on Friday filed a case with the International Court of Justice against France over a luxury mansion in ...

Opening the case on Monday, Vanuatu’s representative for climate change, Mr Ralph Regenvanu, told the judges that, “This may well be the most consequential case in the history of humanity.” ...

On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in collaboration with the African Climate Platform, the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, Natural Justice, and resilient40 – submitted ...