In Baku, Azerbaijan, the so-called "finance COP" was a disappointment. Now, the UN's framework convention on climate change ...

The U.N. chief, Pope Francis and others are calling for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their ...

The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday when it opens two weeks of hearings into ...

Activists hope the legal opinion from the ICJ judges will have far-reaching consequences in the fight against climate change.

As Donald Trump's second term approaches, Republicans have cited inflated figures on noncitizens with criminal records.

BUSAN: Divisions between countries have stalled negotiations on the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, after a terse week of talks in South Korea's Busan. Here are some of the sticking ...

The document makes six recommendations to the EU and its member states to advance arrest strategies for outstanding ICC ...

Global negotiations aim to create a U.N.-mediated treaty to end plastic pollution, with focus on production and management.

National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting ...

A global treaty on plastics, touted as the most important environmental treaty since the Paris Agreement, will be negotiated ...

Amnesty International Australia is outraged at Labor’s passage of draconian bills, which deliver a devastating setback to the ...