Cynthia Houniuhi, the head of the Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change that initiated the case, said climate change was undermining “the sacred contract” between generations.

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

Failure to enforce constitutional case or controversy requirements inevitably turns a court into an ad hoc legislative body. Without a doubt, the debate about climate change, and related topics ...

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 ...

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Climate change is coming for your ... The FT’s Will Schmitt has been following this case. He joins me now.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window ... of local transportation infrastructure that are vulnerable to climate change impacts. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel file).

THE HAGUE: The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday ... are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating ...