Category: Rights & Justice
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The Boundary Waters stand for human health & safety
The Boundary Waters are a pristine wilderness on the border of Minnesota with Canada. Their conserved, clean, and natural state is one of the great achievements of American civics, democracy, and economic development. Now, they face potential permanent contamination. The…
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Rights-focused policy for a livable future
Threats to human security, political stability, and sustainable prosperity are spreading; the possibility of a rights-focused climate-resilient economy provides important leverage for reversing that trend. A combination of armed conflict, political extremism, deepening income inequality, and background degradation of climate…
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ICJ finds nations have legal duty to act on climate
The International Court of Justice has issued an Advisory Opinion [PDF] finding that nations are obligated to act to reduce climate-related risk for their people and for other nations, and to foster climate-resilient development as a priority. The finding does…
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Assam has an unequivocal right to climate justice
By Rituraj Phukan When it comes to climate change, Assam must rank among the early-impacted regions of the world; we have lived through decades of these impacts. In the past, not many would associate these as manifestations of anthropogenic warming…