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World court joins the fight over climate change

In landmark opinion, the World Court says climate change is an 'existential threat'

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal obligations of states to take action.

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Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

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UN court rules countries must treat climate change as an 'existential threat'

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UN's top court says all countries have to act against climate change. Here are the key takeaways

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black-robed judges weighing in for the first time on what the court’s president called “an existential pr...

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Climate Science Is Now the Law

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UN Top Court Says Countries Are Obliged to Fight Climate Change

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UN's highest court says climate change is an 'existential threat'

“The advisory opinion is probably the most consequential in the history of the court because it clarifies international law obligations to avoid catastrophic harm that would imperil the survival of h...

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The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law

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Major economies welcome 'milestone' ICJ climate ruling

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, existential threat" and that states have binding legal obligations to address it.

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. Is it?

World Court weighs legal duties of states on climate change’s ‘urgent, existential threat’

The UN’s highest court advisory opinion is expected to have a major legal and political impact, potentially becoming a key ruling for climate action.

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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.

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:::: Yuji Iwasawa, International Court of Justice President"The Court notes that the consequences of climate change are severe and far-reaching.

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World’s top court says major polluters may need to pay reparations for climate harm

It marks the first time the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court based in the Hague, has considered the climate crisis.