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

In a landmark advisory opinion, the United Nations’ top court said countries could be in violation of international law if ...

The top U.N. court has opened a hearing to deliver an opinion in a landmark case about nations’ obligations to tackle climate ...

The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...

A recent heat wave in Europe has been linked to the deaths of an estimated 1,500 people across 12 cities. Researchers from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ...

Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into ...

In peak vacation season, many of the continent’s most desirable getaways are becoming places to get away from.

Europe's latest spell of sizzling heat, which ended last week, caused a threefold rise in heat-related deaths because ...

We now have the ability to rapidly assess the death toll of climate change after extreme heat – a first-of-its-kind analysis ...

Nations failing to tackle climate change could violate international law, the United Nations’ top court said on Wednesday, and the consequences could be expensive.