UNs top court says all countries have to act against climate change . . . The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change The International Court of Justice’s 15 judges considered for the first time what the court’s president calls “an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health o
Top U. N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change 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 Hague
Top UN court says countries can sue each other for damages caused by . . . The International Court of Justice has ruled that countries can sue each other for damages caused by climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases While the ruling is seen as a victory for countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the ICG judge in the Hague, Netherlands, said that the process of pinpointing which country was behind climate change would be