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Countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change, International Court of Justice rules
The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...
What the World Court’s latest climate change ruling means for the U.S.
The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...
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International Court of Justice to deliver landmark climate ruling
The top UN court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that also sets out ...
UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...
Historic climate change ruling from the International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa
The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...
UN’s top court says all countries have to act against climate change. Here are the key takeaways
The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...
Countries must address climate change threat, U.N.'s highest court says
The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...
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World Court Rules Tackling Climate Crisis is an International Legal Obligation
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...
International Court of Justice: Nations Have Obligation To Limit Climate Change
Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...
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UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next?
The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...
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IUCN welcomes International Court of Justice's historic climate change Advisory Opinion
Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...