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Climate justice, loss and damage and compensation for small island developing states

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Adelman, Sam (2016) Climate justice, loss and damage and compensation for small island developing states. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 7 (1). pp. 32-53. doi:10.4337/jhre.2016.01.02

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2016.01.02

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Abstract

Low-lying small island developing states are threatened by inundation from rising sea levels caused by anthropogenic global warming. Islanders face the prospect of forcible relocation without protection under international law and with few resources for resettlement. They are entitled to compensation for climate-related loss and damage in the interests of climate justice. The present article discusses the history of proposals for an international compensation mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change led by the Alliance of Small Island States. These calls led to the establishment of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change Impacts in 2013. Several proposals have been put forward about how a mechanism should operate and achieve its objectives. I argue that climate justice will be promoted through compensation for loss and damage. An international compensation fund offers a relatively simple and ethically satisfactory way of acknowledging the physical loss and psychological damage resulting from climate change and from the extensive violation of islanders’ human rights.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISSN: 1759-7188
Official Date: 1 March 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
1 March 2016Published
11 February 2016Accepted
Volume: 7
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 32-53
DOI: 10.4337/jhre.2016.01.02
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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