⚡️⚖️a few snapshots from the landmark #ClimateJustice decision delivered today by the 🇪🇺European Court of Human Rights in Klimaseniorinnen v. 🇨🇭Switzerland
🧵a short thread focusing on the scope of substantive obligations of States...⬇️

📢 Conducting research on #risks linked to #floods and #droughts & co-creating #adaptation #pathways in different European river catchments sounds exciting?

➡️ Come join our team UN University - EHS 🙂
➡️ Early career (and possibly PhD) opportunity

Find out more: careers.unu.edu/o/research-ass…

'Choosing or avoiding #disaster '
doi.org/10.1080/001674…

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisaster s) #vulnerability #resilience #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DRR Twitter #DisasterTwitter #WxTwitter #ClimateTwitter #disaster s

Important questions to be addressed ⤵️
A giant fund for climate disasters will soon open. Who should be paid first? nature.com/articles/d4158…

The International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on states' obligations on climate change is promising, but its ability to address displacement remains unclear.

Groundbreaking piece by Jane McAdam UNSW Kaldor Centre based on work of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change #ICJAO4Climate
researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/h…

Last week to apply! DGAP dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs/p…

A quick reminder that we are still accepting special issue proposals at Migration Studies for two weeks!

All info here: academic.oup.com/migration/page…

These numbers from a Marshall lslands gov't report are striking. Only 1% support migration as a climate adaptation strategy. There are a lot of ways we could interpret this... (1/n)

t.ly/FVtDM

Key migration facts: (1) 3% of the world population is an international migrant (2a) 0.3% are refugees, (2b) ±80% stay in origin regions (3) Numbers have remained rather stable (4) Most migration is driven not by poverty or violence, but by labour demand. penguin.co.uk/books/455478/h…

'Even if Delhi were to reduce air pollution to national standards, residents would still stand to lose around 8.5 [years] of their life.'
hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-n…

While extreme rains, #floods and #landslides continue to dominate the news, across the Hindu Kush Himalaya, a quieter water crisis has been unfolding as springs, main water-source for millions, have dried up.
 
The losses caused by the disappearance of springs, while less sudden…

A new set of essays on #heat in South Asia IJURR.org curated by Prof Nausheen H Anwar Liza Weinstein

I write about how unequal experiences of heat mirror existing matrices of differential #vulnerability

ijurr.org/spotlight-on/e…

Migration: Ties to ‘home’ are key for Himalayan communities that stay despite climate risks | Aruna Chandrasekhar w/comment from Himani rational_geographic ICIMOD Dr Amina Maharjan

Read here: bit.ly/45ptIDz

Migration is complex. Coverage often looks at who *leaves* and climate explanations for so-called 'ghost villages' in the Himalaya.

But who *stays* in the face of risks and why? I wrote about a new study led by Himani that turns the spotlight on communities who remain.

🚨 job alert! Are you a #hydrologist #engineer or #climatescientist ? I’m hiring a post-doc to work on a project examining future rainfall extremes and inland flooding in the #Carolinas together with Kathie Dello and J Bowden starting Jan 2024. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/261760

📢Calling for submissions for the Feminist Peace Series 4th Edition!

Theme: Gender, Climate Change, and Conflict: Women’s Role in Environmental Sustainability and Peacebuilding🌏

Submit ✍️Articles/Poems/Illustrations/Artwork/Photos to [email protected] by 31 August 2023

Himani Helga Weisz and I just published an article on how climate impacts and gender dynamics influence mobility in the Himalayas with Taylor & Francis Research Insights ⬇️⬇️
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK DGAP
tandfonline.com/eprint/W2FFRWW…