Any advisory opinion released by the ICJ will be non-binding — at most, it will begin a lengthy process whereby reducing the threat of climate change and addressing its impacts come to be seen ...

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Monday that it will deliver its advisory opinion on the ...

“We have not created the issue. We are the victims of the issue. However, we are not going to act like victims. We are going ...

Though any advisory opinion issued by the ICJ will not be binding, experts say the court's stance on a state's obligation to act on climate change could set an important precedent for further ...

An ICJ advisory opinion could emphasize that, ... By providing an objective yardstick with which to assess states’ compliance with their legal obligations as concerns climate change, ...

The ICJ’s host country of The Netherlands made history when a court ruled in 2015 that protection from the potentially devastating effects of climate change is a human right and that the ...

At the request of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice will issue an advisory opinion on the liability of countries for damage caused by climate change. The President of the ICJ ...

After months or even years of deliberation, the ICJ will produce a non-binding advisory opinion — a fresh blueprint for international climate change law. – ‘In this canoe together’ – ...

At ICJ climate change hearing, global giants and oil nations strike evasive note Major polluters tried to obscure the historical responsibilities of countries that have contributed more to ...

Equatorial Guinea hit out at France at the UN top court on Tuesday, describing its actions as "neo-colonial" in a ...

There’s a world of difference between where Trump and Biden stand on the issue of climate change, of course; it’s hard to imagine the Trump administration bragging about having “vigorously ...

In 2016, the IUCN World Conservation Congress adopted a resolution in support of an advisory opinion on climate change from the ICJ. Around 2011, Palau, a country in the South Pacific, ...