Judges in The Hague are weighing what, exactly, international law requires countries to do about global warming.

Nations on the front line of the climate crisis are asking the International Court of Justice to obligate big polluters to ...

Vanuatu on Monday urged the top United Nations court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the ...

The United Nations' top court next week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the ...

The island nation of Vanuatu criticized representatives for major emitters like the U.S. and China for their remarks during ...

Officials from almost 100 countries are at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, asking the court to issue ...

The world's top court has begun hearing a landmark case this morning on the legal obligations linked to climate change. Pacific Island nations are leading the charge. Kristina Kukolja reports.

Representatives for the island nation of Vanuatu called on the International Court of Justice this week to recognize the harm ...

A few UN member states responsible for the majority of emissions have breached international law, a special climate envoy ...

Island nations including Vanuatu are urging the International Court of Justice to provide an opinion on the obligations of ...

The sitting is open. KRISTINA KUKOLJA: Vanuatu's special envoy on climate change, Ralph Regenvanu, was the first to address the International Court of Justice or ICJ in The Hague. (SOUNDBITE OF ...