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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the ...

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Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found.

The court presents this opinion with a hope that it hopes its conclusions will allow the law to inform and guide social and ...

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental groups.