Activists File First-ever Climate Lawsuit Against Russia
24 September 2022 – by Cosmo Sanderson A group of activists have filed the first-ever climate lawsuit against Russia’s government, demanding urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions in a…
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 become a net-zero carbon emitter by 2070. Alongside this, the adoption of…
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 Abstract The city of Bangkok is sinking into the ocean at an…
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 containing some of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate variability –…
Activist Marinel Ubaldo on Lived Climate Change Realities in the Philippines and Her Fight for Justice
25 March 2022 – In this interview, Marinel Ubaldo talks about the devastating impacts of Super Typhoon Haiyan on her home village in the Philippines in 2013. Subsequently, Marinel shares…
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 decades. Whilst one proposed response to Jakarta’s existential threat is to move…
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? Nikunj Bhimsaria outlines the research that suggests that this is a real…
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. Russia’s socioeconomic well-being now relies on greater cooperation among nations and a…
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, and that includes the threat of climate displacement and migration. This article…
Bhasan Char: Considering the Suitability of Relocating the Rohingya of Cox’s Bazaar
23 February 2020 – by Dr. Md Rafiqul Islam This field study conducted by a research team from the University of Dhaka analysed the conditions of the Ashrayan-3 Project. The…
Impact of Climate Change on the Arab Spring and Migrant Crisis
14 January 2021 – by Joseph Bensadon The photos of Aylan Kurdi shook the world in September 2015 as the migrant crisis reached its mediatic climax. But this photo does…
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…
