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 ...

An activist holds a fan that reads "make polluters pay" as they demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice ahead of an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to ...

It's been hailed as a "planetary scale" win for climate advocates pushing for stronger action against carbon pollution. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared nations have an ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The International Court of Justice issued a ...

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 ...