World court joins the fight over climate change
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Philstar.com on MSNUN's top court allows Philippines to demand climate damages from major polluters
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has unanimously decided that climate-vulnerable nations like the Philippines can demand reparations from major polluting nations. But what does this mean for Filipinos?
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 very health of our planet.
The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, a group of young Pacific Islanders facing the existential threat of rising sea levels,
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The Nation on MSNHow Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students.
In a historic advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice ruled that access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a fundamental human right.
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Papua New Guinea has proved it's worth at the International Court of Justice on climate change. For the first time, four State lawyers, including Minister for Justice and Attorney General Pila Niningi and Secretary for the Department of Justice Dr Eric Kwa,
The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising seas and saltwater intrusion reshape its coasts and disrupt life