IRRC No. 879

Environment

15 articles

IRRC No. 879 Environment

15 articles

Climate change is not merely an environmental, scientific or economic issue; it has become a humanitarian issue too. Increased climate variability and greater intensity and frequency of extreme weather events aggravate humanitarian needs in emergencies. While migration may be a form of adaptation for some, the many millions of people forcibly displaced will be particularly vulnerable and will require substantial humanitarian assistance and protection. Environmental degradation may also become an accelerator or even a trigger for conflict. The serious harm done to the natural environment during a number of armed conflicts has only added to the vulnerability of those affected by the fighting. But the law protecting the environment during armed conflict is not always clear nor is it sufficiently developed.

Table of contents

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Editorial: Environment

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Interview with Achim Steiner

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Climate change and its impacts: growing stress factors for human societies

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International law protecting the environment during armed conflict: gaps and opportunities

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Law-making at the intersection of international environmental, humanitarian, and criminal law: the issue of damage to the environment in international armed conflict

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Water, international peace, and security

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Taking care to protect the environment against damage: a meaningless obligation?

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Climate change adaptation: integrating climate science into humanitarian work

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Climate change, natural disasters and displacement: a multi-track approach to filling the protection gaps

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Collective reparation for victims of armed conflict

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Framework for environmental management in assistance programmes

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Strengthening Legal Protection for Victims of Armed Conflicts

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The Paul Reuter Prize 2009, Presentation Ceremony, Geneva, 15 July 2010. Recipient: Dr. Théo Boutruche

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National implementation of international humanitarian law (Autumn 2010)

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Books and articles (Autumn 2010)