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Edda Sundström
Oct 26, 20245 min read
The Energy Charter Treaty: a Threat to Democracy and Climate Action
This article contributes to SYGs: SYG 7: Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable Energy SYG 9: Action against climate change Introduction: ...
Edda Sundström
Oct 26, 20248 min read
The ‘Rights of Nature’ Movement: Potential for an Ecocentric Reorientation of Environmental Law?
Introduction The ‘Rights of Nature’ is a theory and a movement that calls for the extension of rights and legal personhood to nature. It...
Sarah Nappi
Oct 26, 20247 min read
Not so “Natural” Disasters: The Historical Processes behind Caribbean Hurricane Vulnerability
As anthropogenic climate change leads to increasingly devastating storms, the Caribbean must contend with much more than the storms...
Bernardo Kaiser
Oct 26, 20246 min read
The Drying of a Country – Brazil’s Worst Drought in a Century and its Political Roots
By Bernardo Kaiser, South America Research Analyst, with expert insight from University of Sao Paulo professor Pedro Luiz Côrtes ....
Alice Lacroix
Oct 26, 20244 min read
Towards an Agroecology for Africa
As a victim of global warming, despite being marginally responsible, the African agricultural sector faces a double challenge: improving...
Mari Peltola
Oct 26, 20244 min read
What About Antartica? The Arctic's Sister Continent and Climate Change
The progress of climate change is visible in the Arctic and while rising temperatures have increased international economic and military...
CYIS Organisation
Oct 26, 20247 min read
US: The New Climate Champion?
On 20 January 2021, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. Throughout his campaign, he made a full 180° on the US...
Agresa Qosja
Sep 10, 20245 min read
Assessing Climate Change Risks and Security Implications
Climate change , driven primarily by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes, is one of...
Agresa Qosja
Sep 3, 20244 min read
Implementing Adaptation Measures and Mitigation Strategies
Implementing adaptation measures and mitigation strategies is crucial in addressing climate change. These approaches are essential for...
Nafkot Alemaw
Aug 2, 20226 min read
How climate Change is Impairing Energy Transitions in South Pacific Small Island Developing Nations
Ha'apai Islands near Tonga, South Pacific . Photo by David Broad . Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0. Although climate change is...
Julieta Longo
May 5, 20227 min read
Implications of the COP15 30x30 Biodiversity Approach for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
During Part II of COP15, taking place in April next year, the international community will agree on the adoption of a post-2020 Global...
Edda Sundström
Feb 10, 20228 min read
COP26 and the Realization of Climate Justice
COP26 Sheffield Climate March . Photo by: Tim Dennell. Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0 Introduction Leading up to COP26 in...
Julieta Longo
Jun 28, 20218 min read
The COVID-19 Recovery: An Opportunity to Achieve Climate Justice in Latin America
The COVID-19 pandemic has made Latin America’s underlying pre-existing systemic problems radically more evident than before. From the...
Charis Hoffman
Feb 25, 20214 min read
Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Mitigating Climate Change
In her political guidelines outlining the European Green Deal, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen stated: ‘I have been...
Laetitia Aumont
Feb 4, 20215 min read
The only New Year’s resolution that matters in 2021: taking action to reverse biodiversity loss
A month ago, human impact on the planet reached a symbolic level when it was estimated that man-made stuff, such as buildings or...
Staffan Akesson, Davide Grison & Mathilde Cournut
Nov 18, 20204 min read
The Constraints on a Hydrogen-Fueled Energy Transition in the EU
If the European Union is to achieve its 2050 climate goals, an increasing amount of the electricity consumed must be produced from...
Laetitia Aumont
Oct 30, 20205 min read
What role does international law play in environmental issues?
How relevant the development of international law is in instigating changes in environment-related issues?
Mathilde Cournut
Oct 16, 20204 min read
Is the Green Deal Green?
The Green Deal has set a new blueprint for a European green and digital transition aiming for climate neutrality in 2050.
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