Essays about: "Climate change displacement"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 48 essays containing the words Climate change displacement.

  1. 26. Climate Change, Displacement and Human Rights: The Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Right to Life in the Context of Climate Change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Rui Johnson Petri; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; climate change-related displacement; the principle of non-refoulement; human rights; right to life; climate change litigation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Millions of people are displaced annually due to environmental stress and degradation, causing them to move in prospects of a sustainable livelihood. However, given the lack of mechanisms and systems to provide legal protection for displaced individuals, the future of such migrants is uncertain. READ MORE

  3. 27. Climate Change and Forced Migration : How Climate Refugees fit into EU Asylum Law

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Tedenljung; [2020]
    Keywords : climate change; climate refugees; European union; migration; teitiota; asylum law; climate migration; CEAS; Common European Asylum System;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humankind and its effects will hit the most vulnerable persons disproportionately hard. Several millions of people risk displacement due to environmental hazards, natural disasters and climate mediated conflicts, influencing migration patterns across the world. READ MORE

  4. 28. The Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change : Non-refoulement Obligations under Article 3 ECHR to Protect Environmental Migrants?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Cederberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Human rights law; Climate change; Non-refoulement obligations; Environmental migrants; Article 3 ECHR; Slow onset events of climate change;

    Abstract : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes in its Fifth Assessment Report from 2014 that states are the main cause of anthropogenic gas emissions. Furthermore, scientists predict that displacement across border for reasons of climate change will increase rapidly in the coming decades. READ MORE

  5. 29. Food in the face of net-zero emissions: a call for repoliticization : a juxtaposition of Sweden’s National Food Strategy and Climate Policy Framework

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Emmy Iwarsson; [2020]
    Keywords : depoliticization; food policy; climate policy; Sweden; WPR; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food is a fundamental human need – a physical requirement for survival. At the current historical juncture, the global food system is entangled in a web of neoliberal capitalist exchange relations and suffers from heavy dependence on fossil energy inputs. READ MORE

  6. 30. Sectoral Decomposition of Technology-adjusted CO2 Emissions from International Trade in China 1999-2009

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Enelin Tiiman; [2019]
    Keywords : CO2 emissions; carbon leakage; multi-region input-output; LMDI decomposition; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the context of increasing focus on the climate change China is being blamed for its large contribution to global CO2 emissions, which have been produced within China’s territory. However, increasing number of researches have started to argue that the developed countries should be held responsible for displacing their emissions by outsourcing pollution-heavy production to the developing countries. READ MORE