The UN’s highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal ...

After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations, the U.N. asked the International Court of Justice for an advisory ...

The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.

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

The battle for the human right to a healthy climate is raging in courts in the Global North and the Global South, and ...

The resulting conflict is playing out in courtrooms, statehouses and regulatory agencies across the country. It’s grounded in constitutional questions of federal preemption, the commerce clause and ...