Judges in The Hague are weighing what, exactly, international law requires countries to do about global warming.

Nations on the front line of the climate crisis are asking the International Court of Justice to obligate big polluters to ...

Officials from almost 100 countries are at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, asking the court to issue ...

The world's top court has begun hearing a landmark case this morning on the legal obligations linked to climate change. Pacific Island nations are leading the charge. Kristina Kukolja reports.

The United Nations' top court next week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the ...

Representatives for the island nation of Vanuatu called on the International Court of Justice this week to recognize the harm ...

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE -The small island nation of Vanuatu on Monday urged a strong response from the United ...

Island nations including Vanuatu are urging the International Court of Justice to provide an opinion on the obligations of ...

The island nation of Vanuatu criticized representatives for major emitters like the U.S. and China for their remarks during ...

STORY: Climate activists rallied outside the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Monday (December 2), as a ...

The sitting is open. KRISTINA KUKOLJA: Vanuatu's special envoy on climate change, Ralph Regenvanu, was the first to address the International Court of Justice or ICJ in The Hague. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Vanuatu’s special climate envoy Ralph Regenvanu spoke to the International Court of Justice in The Hague (AP) Arnold Kiel Loughman, attorney-general of the Vanuatu archipelago nation ...