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

The U.S. was among eight countries that voted against endorsing the nonbinding ruling that said all nations must take steps to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

By Dana Drugmand

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
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

Colorful array of fish being sampled for microplastic contamination in Funafuti, Tuvalu. Credit: Dr. Brian Stockwell/The University of the South Pacific

One-Third of Pacific Island Fish Contaminated With Microplastics

By Johnny Sturgeon

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

Payam Akhavan (center), lawyer and chairman of the Commission of Small Island States, speaks at a press conference on Tuesday in Hamburg, Germany after the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued a legal opinion on measures to protect the oceans from climate change. Credit: Christian Charisius/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

‘Historic’ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Says Countries Must Prevent Greenhouse Gases From Harming Oceans

By Katie Surma

Badly damaged buildings are pictured near Vanuatu's capital of Port Vila on April 7, 2020, after Tropical Cyclone Harold swept past and hit islands to the north. The cyclone caused $600 million in damage, some 60 percent of the small Pacific island nation's GDP. Credit: PHILIPPE CARILLO/AFP via Getty Images.

Q&A: Rich and Poor Nations Have One More Chance to Come to Terms Over a Climate Change ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund

Interview by Jenni Doering, “Living on Earth”

A worker steps out of a cement-mixing truck at a cement production plant, part of Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate Siam Cement Co. Credit: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: Carbon-Neutral Concrete, Climate-Altered Menus and Olympic Skiing in Vanuatu

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A Plea to Make Widespread Environmental Damage an International Crime Takes Center Stage at The Hague

By Katie Surma

Is it Time for the World Court to Weigh in on Climate Change?

By Katie Surma

As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma, Yuliya Talmazan

Exclusive: Eco2 Tree-Planting Scheme Highlights Fears About Forestry Offsets

By Stacy Feldman

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