An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

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ICJ advisory opinion on climate obligations reaffirms global South's perspective, raises questions on Paris Agreement ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

Brazil's COP30 summit marks an inflection point for the UN process of negotiating climate action, as the first summit since the Paris Agreement became fully operational – and a moment to think about ...

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The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

This obligation arises from human rights, maritime and the customary international law, as well as the Paris Agreement and ...

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...