Regional and national tribunals are being asked to define how countries can balance climate action with economic growth.
Climate-related lawsuits are expanding across Africa, with courts at national and regional levels drawn into disputes over energy, development and environmental protection.
At the center is a growing effort to use existing legal systems, particularly human rights law, in defining what governments and companies must do in response to climate change.
The move allows more time for negotiators 'to work towards convergence,' as the meeting report's negotiated text put it.
The U.N. health agency's chief urged delegates to make good on the 'only chance' remaining to seal a global treaty.
U.N. weather agency adds a new climate indicator as oceans absorb accelerating heat and global systems destabilize.
The nation says it will pursue bilateral and regional deals as it exits the U.N. health agency that it accuses of ideological bias.
International law, civilian protections and the rules of war are in sharp focus due to Trump's far-reaching military threats.
As governments reframe AI around justice and sovereignty, control over infrastructure and governance is elsewhere.
Withdrawals and regional divisions unsettle the field, while closed-door straw polls and veto power shape the outcome.
Quebec’s network of research chairs turns last year’s UNESCO science diplomacy agenda into funded partnerships.
