Climate & Environment

The Colonisation of Thought in Contemporary Climate Change Governance Models

Will Bunce • Aug 1 2019 • Essays

The ontological and epistemological knowledge of indigenous communities should have an active, collaborative, and participatory role in climate change discourse.

To What Extent Can Natural Disasters Be Considered State Crimes?

Harish Kohli • Jun 28 2019 • Essays

The ways in which natural disasters can be understood as state crimes is examined, incorporating case studies from Turkey, Japan, and the United States.

Directors of the Apocalypse: A Tale of Russo-Soviet Nuclear Mismanagement

Katherine Katula • May 28 2019 • Essays

Due to unchecked authoritarian practices, pre- and post-Soviet Russia has grossly mismanaged its nuclear facilities with disastrous consequences.

A Critical Assessment of Eco-Marxism: A Ghanaian Case Study

Anna Carter-Roberts • Feb 4 2019 • Essays

While Eco-Marxism successfully identifies factors that facilitate illegal gold-mining in Ghana, it struggles to provide a coherent solution to the problems it highlights.

1.5 to Stay Alive: The Influence of AOSIS in International Climate Negotiations

Cecelia Bolon • Nov 17 2018 • Essays

AOSIS nations could provide leadership and strategy to other actors that are also threatened and have little influence in climate change negotiations.

Climate Change and Mental Health: An Unlikely Duo

Jessica Reed • Nov 14 2018 • Essays

Mental illness should be included as a critical issue in discussions of human security and global climate change.

A Well-Founded Fear of Environment: International Resistance to Climate Refugees

Nicole Spadotto • Aug 5 2018 • Essays

Ultimately, the climate refugee norm is stalled due to competing discourses surrounding environmental and migration remedies.

The Prisoner’s Dilemma in Environmental Politics: One Model to Rule Them All?

Andreï-Bogdan Sterescu • Jun 14 2018 • Essays

In International Environmental Politics the important decision-theoretic features of the climate problem or overexploitation are not exhausted by the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

The Depiction of Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier and How It Hinders Action

Laura Ningelgen • May 11 2018 • Essays

Framing climate change as a security threat has little potential to combat the effects of climate change correctly while supporting climate action.

Compliance with UN Watercourses Convention: Half Full or Half Empty?

Bhargav Sriganesh • May 12 2017 • Essays

How can the UN Watercourses Convention minimise the risks of inter-state conflict over water resources?

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