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Analysis-World Court climate opinion turns up the legal heat on governments
A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...
World Court Climate Change Opinion Validates Trump’s Paris Agreement Concerns
The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...
ICJ Landmark Climate Opinion Declares Legal Obligation To Protect Current and Future Generations
Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.
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 ...
States legally obligated to tackle climate change: ICJ
The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to ...
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ICJ Climate Change Opinion Raises Constitutionality Question Of U.S. Joining Paris Agreement
On March 29, 2023, at the request of Vanuatu, the United Nations General Assembly asked the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion ...
Historic climate change ruling from the International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa
The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...
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 ...
World court’s “advisory opinion:” States obliged to prevent climate change harm
In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...
ICJ rules nations legally obligated to fight climate change
The U.N.'s top court issued a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility countries have ...
The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law
In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...
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Editorial: ICJ strengthens voice of the South on climate crisis
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 ...