Latest in climate change
States facing an existential threat from climate change ask international tribunals to weigh in on the obligations of states before it is too late.
A look at the lead-up to the creation of the historic loss and damage fund, what problems remain to be hashed out, and the state of climate justice efforts both in and out of the UNFCCC regime.
We know very little about the consequences of stratospheric aerosol injection deployment, making it too early to draw conclusions about the desirability or inevitability of geoengineering deployment or the governance structures necessary to regulate it.
The inability to show whether specific emissions from one nation were the cause of specific harms endured by another has been among the major sticking points for climate liability and for loss and damage calculations. We bridge that evidentiary gap.
The new NSS is right to recognize that climate change is not a “soft” security issue; it is not less important than direct threats from states but is at the heart of keeping the U.S. safe.
Solar geoengineering is a growing part of the climate policy conversation, although its utility remains highly uncertain and its development extremely contentious.
What obligations do wealthier nations—whose economies have historically emitted the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions—owe to nations like Pakistan that emit little but suffer the worst climate impacts?
The Supreme Court’s June decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency drastically limits the agency’s regulatory authority to curtail the effects of the climate crisis and stands in jarring contrast to recent actions of the executive and legislative branches.
What insights can be gleaned from the crisis as we prepare for a future increasingly defined by climate destabilization and extreme weather?
Land management has long been fuel for unrest west of the Mississippi. Will extreme drought and climate change amplify the risk?