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Pacific Islanders have welcomed a landmark ruling from an international court which could leave polluting nations such as Australia liable for climate impacts.

The United Nations’ Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) recently concluded in Seville, Spain. It gathered global leaders from government, development, academia and civil society to discuss key barriers to sustainable development and shape collaborative efforts to address them.

The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had a legal duty to act or face consequences.

Keir Starmer’s government struggling to convince MPs and public it is doing enough for civilians starving in Gaza

Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

Countries could be held legally liable for failure to act on climate change

Editorial: Condemnation is rightly growing. But until concrete action is taken, western allies will remain complicit with these horrifying crimes

Letter adds to pressure on prime minister as archbishop of York condemns violence in Gaza as ‘depraved’ and ‘barbaric’

Haiti’s government and a police union say three police officers and two civilians have been killed in the country’s central region where gang violence has surged

Climate change is "an existential problem of planetary proportions" and countries have a responsibility to take it on, the International Court of Justice says.