Sep 4, 2021 | Environmental Law
The Protection Agenda As highlighted in the Protection Agenda itself, disaster displacement is multi-causal, with climate change being one of the most important, but not the only factor [1]. Population growth, underdevelopment, weak governance, armed conflict,...
Aug 31, 2021 | Environmental Law
People have always migrated as a consequence of natural disasters and climate impacts [1]. Extreme weather events such as droughts, forest fires, or flooding have taken place throughout history, and have the potential to force entire communities to move, as was the...
Aug 29, 2021 | Environmental Law
In 1992, a ten year old boy in Costa Rica filed an appeal against the pollution of his local river and set a precedent in the nation for the rights of nature [1]. Carlos Roberto Mejía Chacón and his supportive family couldn’t have imagined their...
Aug 26, 2021 | Environmental Law
The three pillars of the Aarhus Convention The public authorities (at the national, regional or local level) from the 47 parties must enforce the following environmental rights [1,2]: Access to environmental information The public has the right to request and receive...
Aug 13, 2021 | Environmental Law
Government has a duty to protect young people from the climate crisis Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of coal and natural gas and has been criticised by climate scientists and other states for not adopting ambitious climate policies and...
Aug 3, 2021 | Environmental Law
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is an international human rights treaty [1]. Article 11(2) of the treaty protects a civilian’s right to an adequate standard of living [2]. Yet, the current climate crisis is arguably...
