Tagged: sea levels

The ethics of climate change: what we owe people – and the rest of the planet - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 11, 2015 •

• climate change,
• climate equity,
• climate justice,
• COP21,
• paris climate summit,
• sea levels

William Lynn, Clark University Ethics is a particularly relevant, if under-reported, topic of conversation at the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris. While technical disputes grab the lion’s share of attention, we should not forget the moral reasons we must address global warming – because of the substantial harm it does and will do to the … Read More

Kiribatian households mull climate migration - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 04, 2015 •

• climate change,
• climate refugees,
• COP21,
• Kiribati,
• migration,
• Nauru,
• paris climate summit,
• refugees,
• rising sea levels,
• sea levels,
• Tuvalu

Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield The Paris climate summit has come too late for Ioane Teitiota from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, who made history when his case for asylum in New Zealand was rejected in September. His claim for protection was based on the effects of climate change. Kiribati president Anote Tong has argued … Read More

Sea level rise is real: why we need to retreat from unrealistic advice - Unsorted

Guest Author • Dec 04, 2015 •

• climate change,
• coastal defences,
• coastal flooding,
• COP21,
• paris 2015,
• paris climate summit,
• Sea level,
• sea level rise,
• sea levels

Mark Gibbs, Queensland University of Technology Coastal communities around the world are being increasingly exposed to the hazards of rising sea levels, with global sea levels found to be rising faster over the past two decades than for the bulk of the 20th century. But managing the impacts of rising seas for some communities is being … Read More