The UK could be sued over its contribution to climate change after a court ruling that countries are responsible for their emissions. The International Court of Justice said nations are obliged to ...

As COP30 opens in Brazil, this analysis details deep divisions on fossil fuels, climate finance (ecological debt), and ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court has opened a hearing to deliver an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations' obligations to tackle climate change and consequences ...

The top UN court on Wednesday paved the way for the payment of possible reparations to be imposed on countries that breach climate change obligations -- on a case-by-case basis. The Barron's news ...

The Russell Smith Courthouse, the Missoula Division of the U.S. District Court of Montana. (Photo by Blair Miller) In 2023, a group of 16 young Montanans won a much-heralded climate change case that ...

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change, is joined by climate activists at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday. The country pushed for years for the court to hear its first ...

A Peruvian farmer's climate action lawsuit against a German energy company was continued recently before the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany. The farmer wants the energy company to pay the cost ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — Duke Energy argued in North Carolina Thursday that claims it worsened the climate crisis should be dismissed. Carrboro, a small town north of Raleigh, sued the utilities giant in ...

LIMA, Peru — A Peruvian farmer and mountain guide has lost a landmark climate change lawsuit against one of Europe's largest power companies. Saúl Luciano Lliuya, who lives in a city in the central ...

Paul Kabai (L) and Pabai Pabai, seen here after the Federal Court of Australia decision in Cairns, Australia on Tuesday. EPA/BRIAN CASSEY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT July 15 (UPI) --An Australian ...