This spring, as the federal government was busy canceling $1.7 billion in environmental justice grants, Seattle did the opposite. The city awarded $1.2 million through its Environmental Justice Fund ...

The latest advisory opinion by the United Nations’ International Court of Justice expands the legal framework for combating the climate crisis and transforms “climate justice” from an abstract concept ...

SÃO PAULO — Greta Thunberg was among the thousands of participants to the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 50 boats carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza, when one vessel was reportedly struck by a ...

IN General Santos City, students at Mindanao State University (MSU-GenSan) suffered from school closures in 2023 and 2024 — ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Tuesday’s landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change came as residents of some island nations are already “scraping barnacles off our ...

In July 2025, the International Court of Justice held its first hearings on states’ climate responsibilities in decades. A lead judge described climate change as an “urgent and existential threat,” ...

As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain ...

Climate change is forcing migration and deepening inequality across Indonesia, displacing rural residents, Indigenous peoples and those with disabilities — groups least responsible for the crisis.

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of lawsuits related to climate change. The correct estimate is 3,000. We regret the error. The ...

As world leaders converge on New York City for September’s United Nations General Assembly, thousands of activists across a range of social movements will gather for what they hope will be the largest ...

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