The future of the planet is at stake during hearings at the top United Nations court, a representative for Vanuatu said on ...

U.N. talks aimed at halting the degradation and desertification of vast swathes of land started in Saudi Arabia on Monday ...

Despite a sense within the global food systems community that food’s presence at COP29 was in some ways substantial but ...

A record number of oral statements are expected to be presented to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as highly awaited ...

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Central Asia faces a critical soil degradation crisis, exacerbated by climate change and unsustainable practices, threatening ...

The most vulnerable countries hope the ICJ will decide to strengthen the legal and financial obligations of those responsible ...

Trump's election and empowerment of fossil fuel backers preceded a disappointing United Nations climate change conference.

Analysis - The recently concluded United Nations climate summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has widely been criticised for lack of tangible results as rich nations blatantly reneged on their ...

Pamela Wu of Morgan Lewis discusses standards adopted at COP29 that will underlie a global carbon market backed by the United ...

Vanuatu on Monday urged the United Nations' top court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the ...

Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam opened the hearings that will see more than 100 countries and organisations present before the ...