Judges at the UN's highest court are set to issue a decision Wednesday that could set a legal benchmark for action on the ...

The case has been dubbed a ‘David versus Goliath’ battle, with vulnerable nations pushing for a more robust legal framework ...

Courts worldwide are emerging as tools for driving climate action against political ... challenges. "Climate change is a ...

The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.

UNHCR advocates and provides advice on international protection and climate change and the inclusion of displaced people in climate action policies.

The court’s reasoning overlooked the significant role a declaratory judgment could play in shaping public discourse on climate change and generating momentum for meaningful action. Notably, the court ...

Why climate change fades into the background – and how to change that The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and ...

New strains of misinformation about climate change are spreading, meant to slow the growth of renewable energy needed to fix the problem.

Naturally-regenerating forests are often ignored by policymakers working to curb climate change even though they hold an untapped potential to rapidly absorb planet-warming carbon from the ...

Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.