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

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

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

Two Traditional Owners from the Torres Strait Islands who took the Australian government to court over climate-related harms ...

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 Federal Court has ruled the Commonwealth government does not have a duty of care over Torres Strait Islander people to ...

Tiny extremophiles give the salty lakes their rosy hue, but over-mining and climate change are threatening their existence.

Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the ...

A judge is expected to rule Tuesday on whether the Australian government has a duty to do more to tackle climate change.

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