The nation of Vanuatu consists of eighty-three islands arrayed in the shape of a shaggy “Y” in the South Pacific. Some of the ...

For the people of Vanuatu, climate change is not a distant threat—it’s here now. Rising seas swallow shorelines, storms ...

As the hearings closed for the largest ICJ case in history, the major capitalist powers displayed their indifference to the ...

The advisory opinion - which will be non-binding - is expected in 2025. In a statement, the ICJ said 96 states and 11 ...

An island nation has brought a landmark climate change case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This represents a pivotal moment ...

Spearheading the effort was Vanuatu which ... Activists protest outside the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, during the hearings which started on December 2, 2024 ...

However, at several hearings in early December, some environmental advocacy groups and small island nations said that the ...

Climate change led to nearly six extra weeks of dangerous heat worldwide over the past year, according to a new study from ...

Vanuatu and other developing countries ... Legal advisor to the U.S. State Department Margaret Taylor attends the International Court of Justice hearing on climate change in The Hague on Dec ...

The International Court of Justice, the world's highest court ... 2021 when a group of law students lobbied the government of Vanuatu, a tiny South Pacific island nation threatened by rising ...

Thanks to the maneuverings of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world effectively went on trial this month in The Hague. The case, before the fifteen-member International Court of Justice ...