By Katrina M. Wyman In recent years there have been suggestions that climate change might generate 200 million or more migrants by 2050. In response to these suggestions, and concerns that existing law and policy will be inadequate to deal with the expected displacement, there recently have been several proposals for new legally binding multilateral instruments specifically … [Read more...] about Responses to Climate Migration
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Toward an International Aviation Emissions Agreement
By Brian F. Havel & Gabriel S. Sanchez It is impossible to predict the eventual stopping place of the climate change discourse. If current evidence is to be believed, international dialogue will intensify as we draw nearer to the hypothesized “zero hour” of irreparable catastrophe. Stepping back from any prophesies of doom, we conclude with two statements that we believe … [Read more...] about Toward an International Aviation Emissions Agreement
Debt, Nature, and Indigenous Rights: Twenty-five Years of Debt-for-Nature Evolution
By Jared E. Knicley Debt-for-nature swaps are an innovative and potentially powerful mechanism for addressing the significant issues of indebtedness and environmental degradation in the developing world. Over the past twenty-five years, debt-for-nature swaps have evolved across many dimensions to their present-day typology of bilateral fund-generators that capitalize projects … [Read more...] about Debt, Nature, and Indigenous Rights: Twenty-five Years of Debt-for-Nature Evolution