A court is ruling Wednesday on a case brought by eight residents of a Caribbean island against the Dutch government for not ...

The International Court of Justice reiterated in 2025 that the 1.5°C limit is the countries' primary agreed target under the ...

In a landmark advisory opinion dated 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) has unanimously found that States are legally bound to protect the environment from greenhouse gas ...

The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created ...

The ICJ issued an Advisory Opinion concluding that UN member states are obligated to regulate emissions and respond to climate change based on its analysis of a bevy of international legal frameworks, ...

The Netherlands "insufficiently" protects the tiny Caribbean territory of Bonaire from climate change, a Dutch court ruled ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), informally known as the World Court, issued an Advisory Opinion on climate change on July 23, 2025, which affirmed that states have an obligation to protect ...

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Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change—Reading of the Advisory Opinion of the Court [Photo: International Court of Justice] The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judicial organ of ...

The Netherlands "insufficiently" protects the tiny Caribbean territory of Bonaire from climate change, a Dutch court said ...

In 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ...