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UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...
ICJ Landmark Climate Opinion Declares Legal Obligation To Protect Current and Future Generations
Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.
Countries must address climate change threat, U.N.'s highest court says
The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...
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World Court declares climate change an 'existential threat' in historic ruling
The world's top court on Wednesday began delivering a much-anticipated ruling laying out what legal obligations countries ...
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In landmark opinion, UN court says climate change an ‘existential threat’
ICJ Judge Yuji Iwasawa says greenhouse emissions are ‘unequivocally caused by human activities’ as he delivers opinion.
UN court rules countries must treat climate change as an 'existential threat'
The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had ...
World court’s “advisory opinion”: States obliged to prevent climate change harm
In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...
UN's highest court says climate change is an 'existential threat'
THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat ...
Climate change an 'existential threat', states legally bound to act: ICJ
In a historic development, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared that climate change constitutes an "urgent, ...
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...
World Court says climate change is an 'existential threat'
The World Court calls climate change an 'urgent and existential threat' in a landmark opinion:: The Hague, Netherlands:::: ...
Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?
The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.