Migration and the slow-onset impacts of climate change: Taking stock and taking action

Author(s):  
Christina Voigt

This chapter explores the legal understanding of climate change damages in public international law. It shows that international law has been dealing with transboundary damages since its inception. Damages, whether material or immaterial, have been subject to many inter-state disputes presided upon by international courts and tribunals. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change established the Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage to address loss and damage associated with impacts of climate change, including extreme events and slow onset events, in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, under the Cancún Adaptation Framework. The Warsaw international mechanism is also tasked with the promotion and the implementation of approaches addressing loss and damage associated with those adverse effects. The chapter also describes the growing trend of states who suffer from climate change seeking remedy from other states for their losses.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Sarah W. Sutton

Despite the uneven distribution of the impacts of climate change, much of the World’s population commonly encounters climate change evidence either directly or indirectly. For many, the dread of a slow-onset disaster of such proportions can be overwhelming. As the emotional effects of climate change appear across society, some people are driven to action, some to inaction or paralysis. Museums could be key agents in turning these emotions into action and hope, but the work is new and the research uneven. The author describes her experience of the intersection of museum work and public emotions on climate change by exploring climate change psychology, museum-public engagement through exhibits, suitability of museums for climate-emotion work, and the potential for alternative museum approaches such as programming partnerships to create hope and foster action. She recommends research questions for the museum sector, and programmatic approaches for museums exploring support services for a public moving from grief and anxiety or despair, to hope.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-53
Author(s):  
Colin Tukuitonga

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-332
Author(s):  
Hyeon Seok Gong ◽  
Kyeong Soo Jeong ◽  
Min Kyoung Kim ◽  
Jae Bong Chang

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Xia LING ◽  
Zuo-Lin ZHANG ◽  
Jing-Qiu ZHAI ◽  
Shu-Chun YE ◽  
Jian-Liang HUANG

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