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.

Federal court says government not obliged to shield residents of Torres Strait Islands from effects of climate change.

The lead plaintiffs, Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai from the islands of Boigu and Saibai, sought orders requiring the ...

That’s why, at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a group of governments and private funders pledged $1.7 billion in direct support of indigenous peoples.

Judge Michael Wigney rules the federal government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders over climate change, but ...

The International Symposium on Indigenous Communities and Climate Change, held Dec. 6 and 7 at the Princeton Public Library and Princeton University, brought together scholars and journalists to ...

Tribes seeking federal recognition so they can better address climate change face a catch-22 as climate change jeopardizes the documents they need for recognition.

One of the major announcements from the United Nations climate summit in Scotland last month, known as COP26, was the Glasgow Declaration on Forests and Land Use, along with the related funding it ...

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