Carbon Brief interviews leading international law scholar Prof Philippe Sands to find out more about the legal issues at ...
The International Court of Justice is reviewing nations’ obligations to fight climate change, with 98 states participating. While its ruling is advisory, it could shape global climate policies, ...
Ralph Regenvanu. "This may well be the most consequential case in the history of humanity," Regenvanu told the 15-judge bench in the panelled hall of the Peace Palace in The Hague. Activists hope ...
Judges in The Hague are weighing what, exactly, international law requires countries to do about global warming.
It may have been a bruising year for sustainability, but there were displays of biodiversity resilience and climate ...
Nations on the front line of the climate crisis are asking the International Court of Justice to obligate big polluters to ...
The Netherlands told the UN’s top court on Tuesday that without sufficient action to combat global warming, the Peace Palace ...
Vulnerable nations say historic polluters should be held legally responsible. Countries in the Global North believe existing ...
The top polluters have argued against liability for global warming in landmark hearings on climate change at the ...