# On  July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an advisory opinion at the request of the UN General Assembly - driven by small island states such as Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, ...

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns b ...

Journalist and author Kel Richards discusses Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister threatening Australia with legal action.

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

In the Great Hall of the Peace Palace in The Hague, fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice spoke in rare and unanimous clarity when they declared, at last, that a clean, healthy, and ...

States promoting fossil fuels could be violating international law, and reparations are on the table, the International Court ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had ...