An Australian federal court ruled Tuesday that Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands are not owed environmental ...

The ruling said the government did not owe a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait islands from climate change.

The long-term impacts of marine heat waves on biodiversity and management strategies required to mitigate further damage were ...

Justice Michael Wigney acknowledged in his ruling that the Torres Strait Islands and their people are being “ravaged by human ...

Two Traditional Owners from the Torres Strait Islands who took the Australian government to court over climate-related harms ...

Indigenous elders lose climate case as judge says protecting islands is a political, not legal, responsibility ...

The Australian Federal Court has found the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to Torres Strait Islander peoples to ...

Tiny extremophiles give the salty lakes their rosy hue, but over-mining and climate change are threatening their existence.

The Federal Court has ruled the Commonwealth government does not have a duty of care over Torres Strait Islander people to ...

Climate change has transformed summer into a season of extremes, leading to intense heat waves, droughts and wildfires that ...

The UN Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), with the support of Australia, today ...