THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black ...

While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

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

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments ...

The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earth’s climate from ...

U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington ...

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

In urging greater efforts to pursue global peace, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the council: “Around the world, we ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says money, not just science, makes the case for curbing climate change.

At the United Nations Ocean Conference in June, Dominican President Luis Abinader issued an urgent call to recognize the scale of the environmental crisis posed by sargassum in the Caribbean.