The world’s top court has said a healthy environment is a human right, and governments could be violating international law ...

Judges at the UN’s highest court are set to issue a decision Wednesday that could set a legal benchmark for action on the climate crisis.

The European Union and China are preparing to agree a joint declaration on tackling climate change at a summit in Beijing on Thursday, EU diplomats told Reuters.

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

Seagrass meadows, salt marshes, and marine sediments sequester carbon dioxide, mitigating climate change while increasing ...

At last month’s 62nd session of the United Nations Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Bonn – the mid-year negotiations intended to lay the groundwork for November’s UN Climate Change ...

The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...

Planet Earth is living on borrowed time, a new global report reveals. The world must stop burning fossil fuels now and take urgent steps to reduce global warming.

It can be challenging to connect climate change to people’s everyday lives. But there’s nothing abstract about heat waves and ...