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A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

A new U.N. resolution reinforces a landmark court opinion tying fossil fuel use to human rights abuses and legal responsibility for climate change.

By Bob Berwyn

Vishal Prasad, director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, speaks to the media after an International Court of Justice session in The Hague on July 23, 2025. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu attends an International Court of Justice session on July 23, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

U.N. General Assembly Embraces Court Opinion That Says Nations Have a Legal Obligation to Take Climate Action

By Dana Drugmand

Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu speaks to the media after an International Court of Justice session on states’ legal obligations to address climate change in The Hague, Netherlands, on July 23, 2025. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

An Island Nation in the South Pacific Leads the Latest Push for Climate Justice at the UN

By Bob Berwyn

Members of the International Court of Justice arrive to issue an advisory opinion on states’ legal obligations to address climate change in The Hague on July 23. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30

By Dana Drugmand

Yuji Iwasawa (center), president of the International Court of Justice, issues the first advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations to address climate change in The Hague on Wednesday. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

Governments Are Legally Required to Address Climate Change, Top Global Court Says

By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma

The judges of the International Court of Justice rise during a hearing to set a legal framework on how countries should tackle climate change in The Hague on Dec. 4. Credit: Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP via Getty Images

International Court of Justice Hears Climate Pleas Ahead of Issuing an Advisory Opinion

By Bob Berwyn

An inside view of International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on July 23, 2018. Credit: Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations. Here’s What Could Happen Next

By Katie Surma

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