The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students. Vanuatu’s Climate Change ...

Pacific Island nations are weighing up how to use a historic international court ruling in their fight to bring about stronger emissions reductions and climate justice.

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Republic of Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation of 320,000 ...

The country's climate minister says it's drafting a UN resolution to turn a landmark climate ruling from the world's top court from words into "political action".

In The Hague, governments, unions and employers faced off over whether laborers everywhere have a legal right to stop working ...

The ICJ is set to decide the future course of climate accountability in a landmark legal case brought by Vanuatu.

A CHamoru human rights lawyer from Guam and a youth-led Pacific organization are receiving one of the world's most ...

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming. In a unanimous ruling by a panel of 15 judges, the court ...

Other nations should follow the rare example set by Colombia and Vanuatu, whose climate plans explicitly stipulate goals for ...

The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver its first-ever legal opinion on climate change. On the eve of the pivotal ...