The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change.

Attorney General Charity Clark said she thinks the oil companies are “running out of tricks,” but still, the lawsuit could go ...

For her, climate change looms over the tragic losses. The energy that will power the booming data-center industry could end up increasing emissions, at least in the short term. Forty-four years ...

a state judge has rejected New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold oil and gas companies financially accountable for climate change. New York City filed its case in 2021 under then-Mayor Bill de ...

Research published in October, opens new tab in Nature Climate Change calculated that about 13% of deaths associated with toxic wildfire smoke during the 2010s could be attributed to the climate ...

Climate law specialist Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala explains. This climate change case started in 2021 when a group of law students lobbied the government of Vanuatu, a tiny South Pacific island nation ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It’s a winter’s day late this century and London is engulfed in a December blizzard, its third of the season.

An island nation has brought a landmark climate change case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This represents a pivotal moment in international law and environmental governance.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled that the case was not about whether the young people were trying to impose an obligation on the government to fight climate change, as the lower court judge ...

P.E.I. lost about 7 winter days a year over last decade due to climate change: study P.E.I. ski park opens for the 2023 season, with 1 hill in operation But at the back of some skiers' minds as ...

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