The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?
Ralph Regenvanu, climate change minister of Vanuatu, speaks outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague on July 23, 2025. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Lauren Gifford, Colorado State University and Daimeon Shanks-Dumont, University of California, Berkeley The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries…