Moving Beyond Borders: A Rights-Based Approach to Addressing Climate Change Induced Displacement
The below report will propose a rights-based approach for addressing the legal protection gap, which takes as its point of departure the understanding that there is no way to address climate refugeehood without recognizing…
The ABCs of South American Policy Responses to Climate Displacement
28 Feburary 2024 – by David Cremins Abstract Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia are the three most populous countries in South America and each the site of much human movement, both within and across their…
The Flooding Catastrophe in the Ahr Tal and its Drastic Consequences
15 November 2021 – This summer, Germany experienced its worst flooding in living memory, leading to 180 deaths and displacing whole communities from their homes. Whilst this type of disaster is largely unheard of…
Women, Girls, and the Impact of Climate Change on Sex Trafficking
15 November 2021 – A causal relationship exists between climate change and sex trafficking of women. Rebecca Allen delves into the research highlighting this phenomenon and outlines recent migration and pollution trends in order…
Could Climate Change Be a Ground for Invoking the Use of Force?
8 November 2021 – We know that the effects of climate change, such as droughts and loss of infrastructure through natural disasters, are all risk factors for armed violence and forcible displacement. But what…
The People of Kiribati and Climate Change: When Home Becomes a Threat
16 September 2021 – by Ole Ter Wey Elevating the islands, or ‘migration with dignity’? In this essay, Ole ter Way analyses and compares the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches to combating the…
Climate Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Gendered Review
8 June 2021 – by Rachel Aronoff This article sheds light on how environmental disasters, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, have resulted in the exploitation of women and young girls, with frequent and devastating practices…
Towards Corporate Accountability for Environmental Harms on an International Basis
11 May 2021 – by Vaughn Rajah The global scale at which modern multinational corporations (MNCs) operate inevitability results in widespread environmental harm. This article contends that international law must be developed to hold…
Climate Extremes in Malawi: A Public Health Crisis
4 May 2021 – by Rachel Aronoff The ongoing climate crisis in Malawi will continue to deteriorate if its effects on highly vulnerable communities are left unchecked. The worsening irregularities in seasonality have exacerbated…
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Fetishization and Eco-Feminism
14 April 2021 – by Elias Nepa Questions we should ask ourselves in order to understand crises holistically include: what are the material links between the structure of social institutions, environmental protection, and systematic…
Transcending the Boundaries of Consciousness and Ethics in the Anthropocene
30 March 2021 – by Rachel Aronoff The future of environmental progress rests on the prospect of reframing the boundaries between human and human and non-human ecosystems. In this paper, I detail the various…
The Role of Domestic Courts in Climate Litigation: A Case for Intergenerational Justice in the United Kingdom
9 March 2021 – by Stephanie Hader In extending the common law rules of standing to all generations, climate litigation will finally have its place in court. This form of intergenerational equity will set…
The Navajo Nation: A Case Study on Food Colonialism and Environmental Justice
4 March 2021 – by Eliana Stern In telling the story of the Navajo Nation, Eliana hopes to call attention to the central role that food plays in the conversation of environmental justice, and…
The Dormant Pioneer: An Overview of the Forgotten Status of Climate Migrants in EU Law
25 February 2021 – by Robert Los In light of EU’s self-formulated claim to leadership in the fight against climate change, this essay intends to provide a cursory overview of the legal status quo…
Transitional Justice and Climate Change at a Glance: Possible Lessons for a Sustainable Future
18 February 2021 – by Vaughn Rajah The Anthropocene is not the first time humans have had to navigate complex historically rooted tensions about the ideal relationship between responsibility for past and future action.…
Reviewing the State of the Climate in Africa Report
1 February 2021 – by Vaughn Rajah On 26 October 2020 the 2019 State of the Climate in Africa Report was published. The Report, a multi-agency publication coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),…
Protecting Climate Migrants: A Gap in International Asylum Law
7 January 2021 – by Anxhela Mile There are currently no legal protections for ‘climate refugees.’ Additionally, a debate exists on whether to characterize those displaced by environmental degradation, climate change, and natural disasters…
Climate Passport: A Legal Instrument to Protect Climate Migrants – A New Spirit for a Historical Concept
31 December 2020 – by Robert Los In 2018 the German Advisory Council on Global Change put forward the idea of a climate passport for the humane and timely escape of refugees. The idea…
What’s in a Definition: Refugee Protection is Failing Folks Fleeing Climate Disaster in Bangladesh
14 December 2020 – by Dharma Khalsa Climate change is slated create the largest number of refugees in the coming decades but as a society we are not taking the human face of the…
