Brazil's planned greenhouse gas emissions cuts are more ambitious than the programmes of countries that have historically pumped out more harmful gases, its climate change envoy told the top UN court ...

The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island ...

One can only imagine the lip-curled contempt with which the incoming administration will greet any action from an ...

Vanuatu has urged the International Court of Justice to find polluting nations have acted unlawfully by contributing to ...

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

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Small nations that say they're devastated by an environmental crisis they haven't caused hope an opinion from the ...

Vanuatu has called on the UN's top court to acknowledge the harm caused by climate change and the legal responsibilities of countries to combat it. More than 100 states presented their views, with ...

STORY: Climate activists rallied outside the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Monday (December 2), as a ...

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