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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…
Submission to the Canadian Senate
Alongside Dr. Camila Bustos, Assistant Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University,…
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…
Climate-related Migration in the IPCC Synthesis Report
4 April 2023 – by Lauren Grant and Gaia Hasse “An atlas of human suffering,” a “damning indictment…
Five things I Learned From the International School of Climate Migration
11 October 2022 – by Alison Elizabeth Lee I was very excited when the email arrived in my…
UN Human Rights Committee Sides with Torres Strait Islanders
1 October 2022 – by Ottoline Mary The UN Human Rights Committee has issued a decision supporting the…
Why India Needs to Prioritize Climate Adaptation Over Mitigation
27 July 2022 – by Skand Agarwal At COP26, India’s Prime Minister Modi announced the country’s commitment to…
A Case for Prioritizing Empathy in Climate Change Policy
24 July 2022 – Sara Sam-Njogu Over the past few decades, it appears that meaningful international action towards…
Vanishing Cities: How Bangkok is Sinking into the Sea
This thesis was submitted to the Western New England University School of Law in 2022 – by Ashley Rivera…
Climate Change and Flooded Cities: A Tale of Human Ingenuity
30 May 2022 – In his thesis, Brendan McCarthy explores how global coastal cities can be redesigned to…
Legal Protection for Climate Refugees under the Principle of ‘Loss and Damage’: A Case Study of South Asia
29 May 2022 – by Ayesha Shingruf By offering a case study of South Asia – a region…
A Country in ‘Fight and Flight’ – Analysis of the Challenges of a Hybrid Adaptation Policy for the Republic of Kiribati
28 May 2022 – by Louisa Gaus The Republic of Kiribati has imminent adaptation needs due to the…
Investing Bilateral and Regional Agreements to Accommodate Climate-induced Migration
28 May 2022 – by Rachel Steinig In my thesis I investigated the role of existing bilateral and…
Can the International Criminal Court Prosecute Ecocide?
27 May 2022 – by Mary Rizk On 22 June 2021, an international expert drafting panel commissioned by…
More Than a Transaction: Indigenous Land Reconciliation in the US and Australia
4 May 2022 – Ben Chappelow explores how Indigenous land reconciliation is improving environmental protection efforts in the…
Brazil’s 490/2007 Bill: Stripping Indigenous Communities of Their Land Rights
27 April 2022 – by Shambhavi Kant Brazil is home to the largest rainforest in the world, the…
As COP26 Negotiations Came to an End, the Inadequacies of the Glasgow Climate Pact Were Clear
8 December 2021 – Evelyn Workman assesses the realities of the Glasgow Climate Pact adopted at the COP26…
Loss and Damage Finance is Not About Charity
8 December 2021 – Ole Ter Wey contemplates the history of loss and damage in a climate finance…
The UN Climate Change Conference Neglected a Vital Consequence of Climate Change: Migration
8 December 2021 – COP26, the 26th Annual UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, is being held…
Whither Jakarta? An Outlook on the World’s Fastest Sinking City
8 December 2021 – Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, is at risk of being uninhabitable in as little as three…
Combatting the Climate Crisis in Malawi
3 December 2021 – ‘Climate change is dismantling some of the most fragile human-environment dynamics in existence’. In…
Could Climate Change Cause the Next Great War?
15 November 2021 – Could conflict over natural resources due to climate change cause the next great war?…
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…
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…
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…
The Holes in Front of Homes: Wasting Resources on Lawns
8 November 2021 – Did you know that over three times more land in the US is used…
The IPCC Report: Human-Driven Climate Change is ‘Code Red’ for Life on Earth
14 October 2021 – Crystal-Lee Harilall gives a timely break-down of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report detailing the…
The Gendered Impact of the Climate Crisis
23 September 2021 – by Shambhavi Kant The improvement of women and girls’ adaptive capacities to climate change…
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,…
Climate Change in Russia: An Impending Crisis
26 August 2021 – by Rachel Aronoff Record-breaking temperatures in Russia have left millions in danger of displacement.…
The Effect of 5G Networks on the Right to a Healthy Environment
16 August 2021 – by Nabil Iqbal Telecommunication is linked to enormous global electricity consumption, global carbon emissions,…
How is the Biden Administration Handling the Climate Migration Crisis in Central America?
16 July 2021 – by Flora Bensadon In November 2020, Central America was hit by Hurricanes Eta and…
Cryptocurrencies: Not So ‘Green’?
30 June 2021 – Raj Shekhar We are living through a global cryptocurrency revolution, but do we know…
Pacific Island States: Does the Future of Global Climate Displacement Lie in the Present?
24 June 2021 – by Nikunj Bhimsaria Island states in the Pacific – where rising sea-levels threaten small…
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…
How Can Southeast Asian Climate Activists Tackle Climate Displacement?
1 June 2021 – by Jiahui Qui Southeast Asia is disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change,…
Understanding the Vicious Circle: Climate Change, Environmental Destruction and Contemporary Slavery
27 May 2021 – by Chris O’Connell Research conducted by Earth Refuge Advisor Dr Chris O’Connell in Bolivia…
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…
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…
To See or Not to See, That is the Question
20 April 2021 – by Flora Bensadon On March 30th, 2021 the Migrants and Refugees (M&R) Section and…
