New Publication! When the Luck Runs Out: Australia's Failure to Prepare for Climate Displacement
Australia is a country disproportionately responsible for CO2 emissions on a per capita basis. When contrasted with other nations...
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Jan 1, 20241 min
New Publication! Uncharted Waters: Exploring Judicial Avenues for Climate Displaced Communities
Most available legal procedures that could be used by climate displaced persons have not yet been invoked. This latest publication as...
Nov 1, 20231 min
Less Than 1% of All Climate Change Court Cases Deal in Any Way with Climate Displacement
Despite the worsening climate displacement crisis, as of late-2023 only 19 cases relating to climate displacement have thus far been...
Aug 18, 20231 min
The Peninsula Principles 10 Years On...
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Peninsula Principles. Sadly, they've never been more necessary. To commemorate the...
Aug 7, 20231 min
The Peninsula Principles are More Relevant Than Ever.
Ever worsening extreme weather events are driving mass displacements across the globe. This report examines the continuing relevance of...
Jul 3, 20231 min
Major U.N. Report Acknowledges Peninsula Principles
The Peninsula Principles have been formally acknowledged in a major report to the UN General Assembly. The most recent report to the...
Jul 3, 20231 min
Land is Core to Solving Climate Displacement
Land lies at the core of solving climate displacement; the world as we know it is not prepared. Solving Climate Displacement Through...
Feb 25, 20223 min
DS Calls for a new World Restitution Agency – It’s About Time!
In a world where every culture, every legal system, every religion, every set of moral principles views stealing as wrong, a crime and...
Jan 6, 20221 min
It’s Time for a Climate Displacement Levy!
Whether we like it or not, the truth is that the money needed to prevent and resolve climate displacement has not been forthcoming and is...
Oct 21, 20211 min
Scott Leckie addresses the worsening climate displacement crisis
DS has been active on the climate displacement front for 15 years now, and in the run to COP26 DS Director Scott Leckie has given a range...
Sep 30, 20213 min
Do We Need a New World Restitution Agency? Send Us Your Ideas
To everyone who is a parent and to those who are yet to become or may never become parents, what is one of the first things that parents...
Aug 29, 20212 min
Model Constitutional Article on the Right to Adequate Housing
Less than half of the world’s national Constitutions enshrine the legal right to adequate housing, despite the widespread recognition of...
Jul 27, 2021