On July 28, member states of the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt a historic resolution that recognizes that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. While the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. For the first two weeks in December, the International Court ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The UN’s top court in a landmark climate decision says a ‘clean, healthy and sustainable environment’ is a human right.

Kids advocating for environmental protections should be acknowledged, UN says. A United Nations committee strengthened a treaty on Monday on children's rights in their fight against climate change, ...

Aruba’s government is moving to enshrine twin environmental rights in its constitution that would recognize that nature has inherent rights and also affirm a human right to a “clean, healthy and ...

Less than a week after an abnormally intense wildfire killed 115 people and scorched the historic Hawaiian city of Lahaina while smoke from other fires still blanketed much of Canada, a judge in ...