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The Climate Crisis, the Tribes, and the IRA

Legal Planet

Today, Native Americans communities face another crisis: climate change. Many tribes are at high risk from climate change. Given heat increases due to climate change, and the tendency of climate change to make arid lands even drier, the relocations often put the tribes at climate change ground zero.

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How Post-War Justice Strategies Can Be Applied to the Climate Crisis  

Union of Concerned Scientists

The climate crisis is one of humanity’s most complex conflicts yet. Scholars have pointed out why a transitional justice lens should be applied to the global climate crisis, highlighting qualities like the profound loss and a lack of existing judicial infrastructure to address the scope of injustice.

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Will Russia “Win” the Climate Crisis?

Legal Planet

The conventional view is that climate change is going to be a great thing for Russia. The article’s theme is in its title: “How Russia Wins the Climate Crisis.” This contrarian perspective begins by stressing what Russia will lose in the climate crisis. Climate change will also bring big costs for Russia.

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Chilli peppers, coffee, wine: how the climate crisis is causing food shortages

Circle of Blue

Chilli Peppers, Coffee, Wine: How the Climate Crisis is Causing Food Shortages. Blistering heat, stronger storms, droughts, floods and fires are putting food production at risk.This article by The Guardian is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. Sriracha fans are a passionate bunch.

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Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Union of Concerned Scientists

Our society generally agrees that in times of crisis, rules may have to be broken for vital causes by those willing to risk the consequences. But what of the climate crisis? Today, members of the climate movement are using these tactics to drive climate progress. In the U.S., In the U.S., But what of scientists?

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Analysis: Why TV and film scripts need to stop ignoring the climate crisis?

A Greener Life

They can also shape the public perception and awareness of the most pressing issues of our time, such as the climate crisis. However, a new study by Good Energy and the USC Norman Lear Center has found that most TV and film scripts are ignoring the climate crisis, or failing to address it in a meaningful and realistic way.

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The Revolution, the Enlightenment and the Climate Crisis

Legal Planet

We see the same division about climate change. For too many, climate skepticism has become an article of faith and a badge of collective identity. PS If you missed it last Friday, my short video on the big Supreme Court climate change decision is here. Evidence and analysis don’t enter into it. Download as PDF.

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