The assembly passed a resolution supporting decision by the International Court of Justice, which said countries have an ...

A landmark General Assembly resolution adopted on Wednesday is “a powerful affirmation” of international law, climate justice ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted 141–8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address ‌climate change, with the world's ...

Some 141 UN member states voted in support of the ICJ’s finding climate change is an ‘existential threat’.

Nearly a year after the International Court of Justice declared that states have legal obligations to combat climate change, ...

The U.S. was among eight countries that voted against endorsing the nonbinding ruling that said all nations must take steps ...

A new U.N. resolution reinforces a landmark court opinion tying fossil fuel use to human rights abuses and legal ...

Australia joins 140 other countries in passing a major United Nations resolution backing a landmark legal ruling on climate change, despite efforts by the United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia to ...

About six years ago, law students at the University of the South Pacific convinced the government of the small island nation ...

On Wednesday 20 May the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a landmark resolution backing the findings of the ...

The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure ...