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Climate Change, Conflict and Security : International Law Challenges

Saul, Ben - 2014

Alarming predictions have been made about the potential for climate change to fuel war and other forms of violent or social conflict, particularly due to resource scarcities (including food, water and energy) driven by climate change. This article first charts the likely security risks arising...

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Global Warming : A Second Coming for International Law?

Badrinarayana, Deepa - 2010

Currently, there are no adequate mechanisms under international law to balance the competing tensions climate change presents to state sovereignty. On one hand, climate change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive...

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Adapting to Climate Change in Marine and Coastal Areas : The International Legal Perspective

Stephens, Tim - 2013

Human induced climate change is driving rapid biophysical changes throughout the oceans and seas that cover over two-thirds of the Earth’s surface. The most widely discussed effect of climate change in the marine and coastal environment is sea level rise, and the transformation of coastal...

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Displacement with Dignity : International Law and Policy Responses to Climate Change Migration and Security in Bangladesh

McAdam, Jane; Saul, Ben - 2016

Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. One important human dimension of that vulnerability is the potential for large-scale human displacement as a result of climate change impacts. This article examines the extent to which climate change is likely to impact...

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The CAFO Hothouse : Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture and the Law

Cassuto, David N. - 2014

The issue of climate change has at long last made its way into mainstream policy discussions in the United States. However, the focus both in the United States and internationally has been on reducing energy production and transportation emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the...

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Domestic and International Carbon Offsets under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme : What Prospects?

Lyster, Rosemary - 2013

This article assesses the prospects for liable entities under Australia’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) to rely on international and domestic offset credits. This is crucially important for liable entities as, under the CPRS, they must surrender a permit for every tonne of...

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Chasing Down the Climate Change Footprint of the Public and Private Sectors : Forces Converge - Part II

Lyster, Rosemary - 2014

around the world, with the imprimatur of the Kyoto Protocol, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The emissions trading … Emissions Trading Scheme and the two different schemes proposed for Australia. The state of the world carbon market … carbon trading. The liquidity and efficiency of the world carbon market will depend to a large extent on the ability to link …

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Coal Seam Gas in the Context of Global Energy and Climate Change Scenarios

Lyster, Rosemary - 2013

This article places the current controversy around coal seam gas production in Australia in the context of various global energy resources and climate change scenarios. It highlights the range of concerns that have arisen in Australia with regard to this resource including threats to water, farm...

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Kyoto is Dead, Long Live Kyoto! A New Era for International Climate Change Law

Stephens, Tim - 2014

As the implications of anthropogenic climate change are better understood the pressure builds for more effective legal and policy responses at national and international levels. With climate change looming as an existential threat, climate change law ought not to be characterised merely as a...

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Chasing Down the Climate Change Footprint of the Public and Private Sectors : Forces Converge - Part I

Lyster, Rosemary - 2014

In this article, the author draws attention to the fact that the climate change net is being drawn increasingly tighter around the public and private sectors in order to chase down their climate change footprint. Set in the context of the Stern Review Report and the 2007 IPCC Reports, the author...

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