(English) Environmental Displacement and Environmental Migration: Blurred Boundaries Require Integrated Policies
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Ionane Teitiota Judgement
TEITIOTA V THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT CA50/2014 [2014] NZCA 173 [8 May 2014]
Resources on legal protection for people who move in the context of environmental change
During 2013 the UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition (UKCCMC) held series of events to debate and discuss legal protection for people who move in the context of environmental change. During the events and workshops we collected feedback from a huge range of participants. The two documents are the result the thinking and feedback that … Continue reading Resources on legal protection for people who move in the context of environmental change
Climate change, weak states and the “war on terrorism” in South and Southeast Asia.
Climate change is emerging as one of the key security challenges of the 21st century, a challenge that will increasingly have effects in the realm of counter-terrorism. Since January 2002, the United States Government has grounded its counter-terrorism policies within an international/diplomatic framework of well-governed states that have the capacity and willingness to cooperate with … Continue reading Climate change, weak states and the “war on terrorism” in South and Southeast Asia.
Ecomigration and violent conflict: Case studies and public policy implications
In 2005, a hurricane named Katrina hit the states of Louisiana and Mississippi in the US, destroying properties and flooding areas. Many people left the region and still have not returned. While some of these people may eventually return, some may not, becoming migrants. Assuming this phenomenon will occur, is it unique? What is the … Continue reading Ecomigration and violent conflict: Case studies and public policy implications
Environmental refugees, corrective justice and a system of compensation
Climate change threatens to create roughly 200 million environmental refugees by 2050. By the author’s definition, these people will lack the goods required to live a minimally good human life and will be forced to cross international borders in search of resettlement and support. Given that climate change is deemed to be anthropogenic, this article … Continue reading Environmental refugees, corrective justice and a system of compensation
Dealing with climate change on Small Island Developing States
This paper describes the main challenges that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are expected to face from climate change and possible responses to those challenges. The main impacts on SIDS from climate change are from air and sea temperature increases, changes to precipitation and storms, and ocean acidification, which in turn have major impacts on … Continue reading Dealing with climate change on Small Island Developing States
Tuvalu and climate change: Constructions of environmental displacement in the Sydney Morning Herald
Tuvalu, a place whose image in the West is as a small island state, insignificant and remote on the world stage, is becoming remarkably prominent in connection with the contemporary issue of climate change-related sea-level rise. My aim in this paper is to advance understanding of the linkages between climate change and island places, by … Continue reading Tuvalu and climate change: Constructions of environmental displacement in the Sydney Morning Herald
Copenhagen, climate science and the emotional geographies of climate change
The Pacific island nation-state of Tuvalu featured significantly at the Copenhagen Conference of Parties (COP) 15 climate change negotiations, where the vulnerability of Tuvalu to sea level rise and emotional outpourings of the Tuvaluan delegation contributed to the nation’s prominence. In this paper we discuss the likely impacts for Tuvalu of a 1.5°C versus 2°C … Continue reading Copenhagen, climate science and the emotional geographies of climate change
A moral imperative: The human rights implications of climate change
Aminzadeh, S.C. (2007). A moral imperative: The human rights implications of climate change. Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 39(2): 231-265. http://www.cacoastkeeper.org/document/human-rights-implications-of-climate-change.pdf