https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR%2fC%2f127%2fD%2f2728%2f2016&Lang=en  

forthcoming in Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/reel.12255?af=R

(2018) Nature Climate Change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0222-x

"Since Allen (Nature 421(6926):891–892, 2003)’s seminal article, the community of extreme event attribution (EEA) has grown to maturity. Several approaches have been developed: the main ones are the “risk-based approach” — estimating how the probability of event occurrence correlates with climate change — and the “storyline approach” — evaluating the influence of climate change on …

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/20/climate-refugees-cant-be-returned-home-says-landmark-un-human-rights-ruling  

An interesting, critical perspective on the role of insurances in addressing the impacts of climate change. http://us.boell.org/2018/08/30/not-silver-bullet   

"Research adds to body of evidence showing heat-related deaths around world will increase dramatically in coming decades" https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/heatwave-china-climate-change-carbon-emissions-greenhouse-gas-tropics-mit-a8471751.html?utm_source=EHN&utm_campaign=12f2a40331-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-12f2a40331-99406733

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/07/26/feature/this-is-what-happens-when-climate-change-forces-an-entire-country-to-seek-higher-ground/?noredirect=on&utm_campaign=bd4c42d5f8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EHN&utm_term=.d916a4bf8ebd

www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2018/06/17/africas-oldest-baobab-trees-are-probably-the-victims-of-climate-change/#56bc9e8225f4

"Nomadic herders of the Mongolian steppe are at the mercy of these dramatic winters, and scientists are struggling to understand the lethal phenomenon." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/04/extreme-winter-mongolia-dzud-environment-science/?utm_source=EHN&utm_campaign=d69c3ba043-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-d69c3ba043-99406733

"The role of water crises in conflicts in places like Syria, Nigeria and Iran often feature in media and policy outlets. Many believe that climate change could spark future conflicts. But research shows that most conflicts are driven by factors other than the effects of climate change." http://theconversation.com/why-blaming-conflicts-in-africa-on-climate-change-is-misguided-94996

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/are-we-ready-deadly-heat-waves-future?tgt=nr&utm_source=EHN&utm_campaign=7a6ae1ccdc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-7a6ae1ccdc-99406733

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/03/29/the-sahara-is-growing-thanks-in-part-to-climate-change/?utm_campaign=2668dec64e-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_source=EHN&utm_term=.87ea02bca291

Is it – or will it ever become – possible to attribute natural disasters to climate change? The question is attracting growing attention in the scientific literature, but it also deserves great attention in legal research. I remain unpersuaded that science can ever attribute a particular weather event to climate change, let alone the impacts …

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