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.
The International Court of Justice took up the largest case in its history after the ... worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its ...
Attorney General Charity Clark said she thinks the oil companies are “running out of tricks,” but still, the lawsuit could go ...
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 ...
From December 2 to 13, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held hearings on the “Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change” case. During the 12-day period, 96 states and 11 ...
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 ...
In the matter of standing, which addresses whether the youth had the legal right to bring the case, the state argued the youth stories of harm from climate change impacts were not “legally ...
The Montana Supreme Court’s recent decision in Held v. Montana, the youth climate change case, is momentous but ultimately appropriately limited in scope. It is momentous because it is the first ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...