Essays about: "small island developing States"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 30 essays containing the words small island developing States.

1. 16. Disaster-induced Displacement: The Case of Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and the Caribbean

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Malte Paul Plewa; Ida Koch Giese; [2017]
   Keywords : Disasters; Displacement; Caribbean; Pacific; Climate Change; Migration; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2015, 19.2 million people have been internally displaced globally in the context of disasters (IDMC, 2016). This is more than twice the number of people who have been newly displaced by conflict in the same period (IDMC, 2016). READ MORE

3. 17. Preventing a Second Atlantis: Facilitating the Enjoyment of Water in an Era of Climate Change Impacts

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

   Author : Linnea Nordlander; [2017]
   Keywords : Human Rights; Climate Change; Right to Water; International Human Rights Law; Paris Agreement; UNFCCC; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the connection between climate change and human rights from a legal perspective. Its starting point is the consideration of the plight of small island developing states (SIDS) in light of the adverse impacts of climate change on their territories and populations, such as the exacerbation of resource scarcity by climate change. READ MORE

4. 18. Climate change, relocation and the distribution of responsibility : in search for Kiribati's strongest connection

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Miriam Follin; [2015]
   Keywords : relocation; migration; climate change; Kiribati; Small Island Developing States; responsibility; the connection theory; Mänskliga rättigheter; Human rights; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This essay addresses the needs of so called ‘climate migrants’. It focuses exclusively on the relocation of the population of Kiribati, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean whose very existence is threatened by the effects of climate change. READ MORE

5. 19. Climate Change and State Responsibility - Migration as a Remedy?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Lana Goral; [2014]
   Keywords : Public international law; international refugee law; theory of international law; state responsibility; migration; climate change; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarna blir allt tydligare och det finns en bred enighet om att det kommer att påverka små östater i en så stor utsträckning att det kan tvinga hela befolkningar att migrera. Då frågan om klimatbetingad migration till stor är del oreglerad, syftar denna uppsats till att undersöka om stater skulle kunna utkräva statsansvar för bristande åtgärder för att bromsa växthuseffekten, om ett migrationsprogram skulle kunna beviljas som en form av åtgärd, samt om en stat praktiskt skulle kunna utkräva sådant ansvar. READ MORE

6. 20. Food Secure Islands : An Analysis of the Food Security Challenges in Small Island Developing States in View of Climate Change

   University essay from Uppsala universitet

   Author : Tamas Marki; [2013]
   Keywords : SIDS; Food Security; Small Islands; Climate Change; Water Security; Vul- nerability; Samoa; Barbados; Seychelles; Sea Level Rise; Natural Disasters; Disaster Risk Reduction;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to give an overview of the situation of small island developing states and to identify key factors of their food security particularly in the context of climate change. Findings include that small islands inherently are in a different and more challenging situation attributable to limited natural resources and a lack of flexibility when it comes to using these resources. READ MORE