In a landmark international hearing on climate change, a U.S. representative backed the Paris Agreement, but left unanswered questions about U.S. commitments in a Trump presidency.

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It was only in the late 1980s that states became aware of the causes and risks associated with climate change,” a legal ...

The UN’s court will soon clarify nations’ legal responsibility to avert the human rights impacts of climate catastrophe.

On December 4, the US made an oral statement in the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion relating to the ...

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

The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island ...

On December 2, the International Court of Justice began hearing oral statements on the Advisory Opinion relating to the ...

China told the top U.N. court on Tuesday that existing U.N. treaties should provide the basis for its advisory opinion on states' legal obligations to fight global warming and address the consequences ...

This week, the International Court of Justice began hearing oral arguments in a high-profile case brought by the island ...

Brazil's planned greenhouse gas emissions cuts are more ambitious than the programmes of countries that have historically pumped out more harmful gases, its climate change envoy told the top UN court ...

The United Nations' top court will consider if the world’s largest carbon-emitting nations should pay reparations to smaller, ...