Gardening In A Time Of Climate Change

A unique, environmentally provocative, horticultural installation is being unveiled to the public tomorrow (25 July) at one of the world’s most prestigious scientific institutions, the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) Kew in southwest London. The...

Climate change is creating ‘new vulnerabilities’ for disease pandemics

Climate change is creating “new vulnerabilities” for pandemics, according to new research. The study, published in Science Advances, investigates nine zoonotic diseases – infections transmitted from animals to people – with high potential to cause...

Climate Change: The culture of complaint is alive and well – Richard Harman

Its leaders are currently running a high-profile campaign, calling for New Zealand to withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Accord. This is despite Fonterra committing to being net zero by 2050 and this season introducing incentive payments for...

Swapping weather bombs for real bombs: The debate over climate change as national security heats up

There was a remarkably salient moment at a recent journalism conference in Seoul where participants from 50 countries debated climate change and its effect on both the literal and political landscape of the world. The consensus, albeit a rough...

Countries can now sue over climate change: UN court

In a groundbreaking move, the United Nations’ top court has declared that countries can legally sue one another over climate change. This includes issues like historical greenhouse gas emissions and environmental damage. While the court’s opinion...

Ni-Vanuatu youth celebrate landmark ICJ ruling as a new era for climate change justice

A youth climate advocate from Vanuatu says the United Nations’ court ruling on countries’ climate responsibility has given new hope to young people across the Pacific. The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion found that...

Treaty and Custom in the ICJ’s Climate Change Opinion

The International Court of Justice has released its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. Delivered yesterday by a unanimous Court, the Opinion marks a turning point in the international law governing...

Climate change may be pushing fungal allergy season earlier

There’s no rest for allergy sufferers. Fungal allergy season gets going an average of 22 days earlier than it did 20 years ago, researchers report in the July GeoHealth. Rising temperatures and altered precipitation are linked to the new pattern,...

Could Jeremy Corbyn's new party shake up politics?

Becky Morton & Sam FrancisPolitical reporter ShareSave Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he is launching a new political party, promising to "build a democratic movement that can take on the rich and powerful". It doesn't have a...

UN court rules countries can sue each other over climate change

Advertisement In a ruling that was delivered at the Hague, Netherlands, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that countries can sue each other over climate change. This includes historic greenhouse gas emissions that have driven...

The Cook Islands is waging a war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a coral-munching species eating through tropical reefs already weakened by climate change

New Study Claims Three Years Remain to Prevent Worst Climate Change Effects

A new climate report has issued a stark warning: the world has less than three years to stay within the 1.5°C global warming limit and avoid catastrophic consequences. Despite the urgency, only 25 out of 197 countries, just 20% of global...

Climate change existential threat of planetary proportions, rules UN court

New Delhi, July 23: In a ground-breaking climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the prime judicial organ of the United Nations, on Wednesday ruled what the science “is saying that climate change is an existential threat of...

Climate Change An Existential Threat To Humanity, Urges Action – ICJ

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World’s highest court declares nations have legal obligation to tackle climate change

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued an advisory opinion declaring that nations have a legal obligation to protect the environment from greenhouse gas emissions and act to fight climate change. States that breached these obligations...

World's top court rules climate change 'existential threat,' warns of reparations

THE HAGUE President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Yuji Iwasawa (C) and members issue first Advisory Opinion (AO) on States' legal obligations to address climate change, in The Hague on July 23, 2025. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) The...

Historic Ruling Finds Climate Change 'Imperils All Forms Of Life' And Puts Laggard Nations On Notice

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Climate change“imperils all forms of life” and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found. The court delivered its long-awaited...

Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice

Climate change “imperils all forms of life” and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found. The court delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion overnight....

STATEMENT: Gov't Of Vanuatu Response To ICJ Climate Change Ruling

International Court of Justice Delivers Landmark Decision for Climate Justice; Pacific Islands and Global South to Move Forward with Clarity on Obligations and Accountability of Polluter States. ICJ confirms the legal obligations of States to...

Treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warming: UN court

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change. In an opinion hailed by small...