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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 “internationally wrongful act”—meaning countries could face legal consequences for harming the planet.
Journalist and author Kel Richards discusses Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister threatening Australia with legal action.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a landmark advisory opinion that climate change poses “an urgent and ...
Legal action on climate change has become a global phenomenon, with lawsuits launched against governments and corporate interests in 28 countries so far, according to new research published ...
"You’re asking us to do a lot of new stuff, aren’t you?" Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Juliana v. United States, June 4, 2019. It has been a ...
The court found that climate change is a human rights issue, ... European court rules that climate action is a legal obligation. By Sara Schonhardt | 04/10/2024 06:17 AM EDT .
Kate Abnett covers EU climate and energy policy in Brussels, reporting on Europe’s green transition and how climate change is affecting people and ecosystems across the EU. Other areas of ...
Activists with environmentalist group Aktion Autofrei (“Action Car-free”) call for the expansion of climate-friendly public transportation by stopping a train loaded with Volkswagen vehicles ...
Pursuing Legal Climate Action in the Global South. Unlike the youth plaintiffs in Held and Duarte Angostino, the Álvarez youth seek climate action in an emerging upper-middle-income country ...
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