It's the most prominent climate case in history. Human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the legal arguments he made before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of Bangladesh and ...

USAID Administrator Samatha Power's push to make economic growth a core of the agency’s offerings and the challenges therein.

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Climate change is a phenomenon that has gripped the world in recent decades. It has inspired growing activism to raise ...

At a landmark hearing Tuesday on climate change law at the United Nation’s top court in The Hague, Britain argued that only ...

Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now. UN News app ...

The Netherland’s Court of Appeal of The Hague recently handed down a landmark ruling on the question of whether companies have a legally ...

The Netherlands told the UN’s top court on Tuesday that without sufficient action to combat global warming, the Peace Palace ...

Small island states are urging the International Court of Justice to hold major polluters accountable for failing to meet climate goals and worsening the climate crisis.Stuart Braun reports for ...

It may have been a bruising year for sustainability, but there were displays of biodiversity resilience and climate ...

Vanuatu has reaffirmed its global leadership in climate action as the first country to launch a technical assistance ...

After years of resisting international pressure to meet financial obligations for combating climate change, China is seeking ...