After the Paris Agreement came into effect in 2016, it was understood that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol had lost its legal relevance. However, the ICJ has now said that the treaty remains valid, and countr ...

A 1974-batch IAS officer, who served as the Environment Secretary and then as Chief Information Commissioner, Sharma died in ...

Sharma earned a postgraduate law degree from Harvard University, was a history enthusiast, and even co-authored a few books ...

Vijai Sharma, a key architect of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and India's former chief climate negotiator, has passed away at the age of 75.

Vijai Sharma was part of the team that negotiated the Kyoto Protocol and he was India’s negotiating team at Copenhagen climate conference in 2008 ...

The Court’s opinion has reasonably provided a clear legal benchmark with respect to climate change related obligations.

The just-concluded 25th China-EU Summit, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ...

The secretariat values working with other international organizations, including United Nations entities, secretariats of other multilateral environmental agreements and the scientific community.

The Court’s advisory opinion affirms that inadequate action on climate change may violate international law. Its findings could shape the contours of debate at COP30.

In a unanimous decision on July 23, 2025, the fifteen judges on the United Nations’ International Court of Justice (“ICJ”), also known as the ...

ICJ advisory opinion on climate obligations reaffirms global South's perspective, raises questions on Paris Agreement ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark ruling on Wednesday affirming that states can be held legally ...