Vanuatu and allies have led the initiative to obtain this Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Vanuatu government officials will be in the Hague for the readout of the Court ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...

Member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections, the Inter ...

“The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu commends the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on its groundbreaking advisory opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, issued today in ...

In a landmark climate decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized that the right to a healthy climate is an ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that countries belonging to the Organization of American States (OAS) have an ...

Decision means that around 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean – including Argentina – must undertake legal ...

A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought "the world's biggest problem to the world's highest court" ...

The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change, a decision expected to be cited in climate change-driven litigation ...

Cutting data climate collection – as the Trump administration is now trying to do – is like breaking a thermometer to avoid ...

The Māori language describes 12 distinct types of snow. Researchers are identifying them in Antarctica as part of a project ...