Climate issues have become a global concern and are impacting the sustainable development of human settlements worldwide. Adapting to climate change in these settlements is crucial to ensure that ...

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

The assessment builds on a 2019 report published by the Environmental Law and Policy Center and conducted by a team of ...

In Karachi, a coastal megacity, the rising sea level is eroding land and threatening human settlements. People are being displaced by a phenomenon known as climate-induced migration, which may evolve ...

Urgent, politically charged proclamations to alter national energy systems have consistently proven disastrous. In Europe, as ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue a highly anticipated advisory opinion overnight to clarify state ...

The 19-page report by the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, Elisa Morgera, itemizes the efforts made by experts in poverty, health, Indigenous peoples’ rights, finance ...

Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, and the trend is expected to continue. These events have led to human and ...

A peer-reviewed study found Afro-descendant territories outperform comparable lands in preventing forest loss thanks to ...