Climate Conflicts - A Case of International Environmental and Humanitarian Law

The bookaddresses the question of whether the currently available instruments ofinternational environmental and international humanitarian law are applicableto climate conflicts. It clarifies the different pathways leading from climatechange to conflict and offers an analysis of international environmental lawembedded within the international doctrine of state responsibility. It goes onto discuss whether climate change amounts to an issue covered by Art. 2.4 UNCharter - the prohibition of the use of force. It then considers the possibleapplication of international humanitarian law to climate conflicts. The bookalso offers a definition of the term "climate conflict", drawing on legal aswell as peace and conflict studies.
 

 

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Climate Conflicts -The Pathways.- 3. State Responsibility.- 4. Climate Conflicts and InternationalEnvironmental Law.- 5. Legal Consequences.- 6. Climate Change and The Use ofForce.- 7. Climate Conflicts and International Humanitarian Law.- 8. Definitionof Climate Conflicts.- 9. Conclusion.

Summary

The book
addresses the question of whether the currently available instruments of
international environmental and international humanitarian law are applicable
to climate conflicts. It clarifies the different pathways leading from climate
change to conflict and offers an analysis of international environmental law
embedded within the international doctrine of state responsibility. It goes on
to discuss whether climate change amounts to an issue covered by Art. 2.4 UN
Charter – the prohibition of the use of force. It then considers the possible
application of international humanitarian law to climate conflicts. The book
also offers a definition of the term “climate conflict”, drawing on legal as
well as peace and conflict studies.
 

 

Product details

• Authors: Silke Marie Christiansen
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319802442
• ISBN: 978-3-31-980244-2
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 245 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, Climate Change, The environment, Law and Criminology, Meteorology and climatology, Environmental Sciences, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, International humanitarian law, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, International Environmental Law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Climatology, Climate Sciences