Courts around the world are now playing a growing role in tackling climate change, stepping in as frustration grows over the slow pace of political action. Almost 3,000 climate-related lawsuits have ...

Clear protocols for identifying heat illness, safety training, paid breaks and access to water and shade are among the steps ...

The top United Nations court will on Wednesday (Jul 23) hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate ...

CAIRNS: The Australian government has won a landmark climate case against residents of islands under siege from the impacts ...

They want the fossil fuel industry — instead of Illinois taxpayers — held responsible for funding green, resilient infrastructure and disaster response in the face of climate change.

Sen. Maria Cantwell’s letter advocating that the administration work with Congress to pursue bipartisan forecasting ...

No nation is healthy when floods are sweeping children away, fires are burning families alive in their homes, and tornadoes ...

Just over a year ago, the European Union approved a directive that sought to usher in a new era of human rights protection ...

A new study published in Energy Policy challenges conventional wisdom on environmental policy. The findings suggest that ...

The world is facing an interconnected health crisis: zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, environmental degradation, and ...

The EU has long been committed to sustainability. But after a recent series of regulatory simplifications and pushback ...

In a response to a request for comment, a NASA spokesperson said that it has “no legal obligations to host globalchange.gov’s data,” referring to the site that hosted the National Climate Assessments, ...