Not only is Vanuatu leading the campaign for an ICJ advisory opinion on climate change, but it’s also calling on all states to sign up to a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty to phase down coal ...

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...

The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu said Thursday he was "very impressed" by a global court's declaration ...

The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver ...

An International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law could shape reparations lawsuits as ...

The country's leaders have made it clear that climate change threatens Vanuatu's very survival. To advance the conversation at COP27, Vanuatu has laid out a starting point for its loss and damage ...

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...

Journalist and author Kel Richards discusses Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister threatening Australia with legal action.