An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

A new ruling from the World Court provides climate activists new tools for demanding accountability. On July 23, in a stunning 140 page advisory opinion, (ICJ, or World Court) held for the first time ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

A groundbreaking new study has confirmed what President Cyril Ramaphosa said in the aftermath of South Africa’s deadliest flood disaster – that climate change played a significant role in the ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The ruling this month by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the ‘Obligations of States in respect of climate change’ is a legal step whose importance is rippling ever wider from The Hague, ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

Paoli's research helped inform the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on state obligations in respect of ...