Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about sustainability law and policy. Mary Robinson speaks at the D'Alemberte and Palmer Lecture in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about sustainability law and policy. In September, the European Law Institute held its annual meeting ...

OpEd by Dr Marta Schaaf & Nazia Erum Dr Marta Schaaf is the director of the Climate, Economic and Social Justice and ...

While the White House takes a sledgehammer to critical climate policy, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced a landmark decision on climate change and human rights. Protesters gather ...

It’s a moment of goosebumps and long-awaited vindication for the HelpAge network and countless activists who have tirelessly championed the call for an international legally binding instrument (new UN ...

When a gold mine in rural Liberia spewed three million gallons of cyanide-laced wastewater into soil and groundwater in 2016, affected Indigenous communities’ calls for accountability went largely ...

Over the next two weeks, over 100 countries and international organizations will participate in hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague as part of historic proceedings on ...

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. Vanuatu’s Climate Change ...

A rise in global temperature is associated with increased gender violence in South Asian countries. Credit: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA People who have contributed the least to climate ...

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 ...