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Andrew McIlwraith on Terraforming and Indigenous Rights
By Andrew McIlwraith
Canary in the coalmine
By Amelia Costigan, Ann Khorany, Hannah HammoudGippsland’s industrial and economic past is returning to haunt it, with weather extremes and rising sea levels associated with human-induced climate change, driven by the use of fossil fuels.
Is Rights-Based Climate Litigation Possible in Australia?
By Sam BookmanLaw has emerged as one the key battlegrounds of the Climate Crisis. As the world heats up, so too have many courtrooms around the world as activists try to hold governments and companies to account for their greenhouse gas emissions
Standing to enforce the right to a healthy environment: what are the barriers and do they matter?
By Bridget LewisThe right to a healthy environment is recognised in over 150 countries and is gaining traction in Australia. At the international level, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) recently adopted a resolution recognising that all people have the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Realising the Right to a Healthy Environment in Australia
By Cristy Clark, Julia Dehm, Beth GoldblattIn a historical resolution on 28 July 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) formally recognised the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right. This declaration followed United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 48/13 of 8 October 2021 that earlier recognized the right to a healthy environment as a human right
Lucy Norton on Listening to Flood
By Lucy NortonContributors
Lauren Scott on protecting Central Desert culture
By Lauren ScottSouthern Arrente and Arabana person Lauren Scott highlights how climate change impacts intangible cultural property such as language.
“The proposal for an Indigenous voice to Parliament unites Australians because it’s a fair and modest idea. It’s a concept based on inclusive dialogue and partnership in Indigenous affairs – itself a unifying concept.”
Shireen Morris, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne University Law School