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The international court has fired the starting gun on climate accountability
Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...
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UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next?
The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...
Countries must address climate change threat, U.N.'s highest court says
The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...
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 ...
International Court of Justice: Nations Have Obligation To Limit Climate Change
Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...
UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
Judges at the UN’s highest court are set to issue a decision Wednesday that could set a legal benchmark for action on the ...
Sustainable Switch: World Court tells countries they must address climate change
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UN's highest court says climate change is an 'existential threat'
THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat ...
UN’s top court says all countries have to act against climate change. Here are the key takeaways
The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...
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The world court joins the fight over climate change
On July 23rd, after two years and an unprecedented number of submissions from governments and international institutions, the ...
Historic climate change ruling from the International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa
The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...
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Countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change, International Court of Justice rules
The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...