Ecology/Environment

25/01/20
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Excerpted from “Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach”, by David Spratt and Ian Dunlop

https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/papers


Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach
 

Foreword by Admiral Chris Barrie, AC RAN Retired
 

24/01/20
Author: 
Damian Carrington
open pit mining - Photo: Pixabay License

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

21/01/20
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First Nations Leaders
‘Is this a scorecard of how many First Nations say yes compared to those who say no? Is that how we measure rights and title?’ Photo by Michael Toledano.

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[Photo: ‘Is this a scorecard of how many First Nations say yes compared to those who say no? Is that how we measure rights and title?’ Photo by Michael Toledano.]

 

 

 

21/01/20
Author: 
Kate Lyons
The UN decision relates to the case of Ioane Teitiota, who lived on South Tarawa atoll in Kiribati, one of the most vulnerable nations to climate-related sea level rise. Photograph: Dmitry Malov/Alamy

Jan. 20, 2020

Experts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection

It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the United Nations human rights committee has found.

17/01/20
Author: 
Hina Alam, The Canadian Press
Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender
January 11, 2020
 
The commissioner believes Canada is shirking its obligations as a signatory to the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
 
 
17/01/20
Author: 
Chris D'Angelo .
LTBMU Fire Captain Dave Soldavini, holds a baby kangaroo, known as a "Joey," that was rescued from the devastating 2019-20 wildfires in Australia, January 2020. Photo:Flickr/USDA Forest Service (CC BY 2.0)

Jan. 16, 2020

This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

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