An Australian federal court ruled Tuesday that Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands are not owed environmental ...

Justice Michael Wigney acknowledged in his ruling that the Torres Strait Islands and their people are being “ravaged by human ...

The ruling said the government did not owe a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait islands from climate change.

Indigenous elders lose climate case as judge says protecting islands is a political, not legal, responsibility ...

The UN Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), with the support of Australia, today ...

The New Zealand government is considering ending bailouts for homeowners affected by floods and landslides as it develops a ...

Federal court says government not obliged to shield residents of Torres Strait Islands from effects of climate change.

The Australian Federal Court has found the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to Torres Strait Islander peoples to ...

Climate change has transformed summer into a season of extremes, leading to intense heat waves, droughts and wildfires that ...

While the verdict will sting for activists, the loss still plays its part in advancing climate litigation.

Australia’s renewables crusade has cost taxpayers $29 billion in the last decade and only lowered energy emissions by a ...

The Federal Court has ruled in favour of the government in a landmark case that could have created a legal obligation to act on climate change. Lawyers for the Guda Maluyligal leaders, Paul Kabai and ...