I’m back! You’ve probably been missing all your latest ESG news, but not to worry as today’s newsletter is worth the wait. We're diving into the landmark legal opinion by the International Court of Justice which said countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change by cooperating to curb emissions.

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating international law if they fail to do their part to protect the planet.

The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in for the first time on what the court's president called “an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of our planet.