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Of Harm, Culprits and Rectification: Obtaining Corrective Justice for Climate Change Displacement
Transnational Environmental Law ( IF 3.925 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-13 , DOI: 10.1017/s2047102520000230
Fanny Thornton

In light of the accelerating nature of climate change and its effect, it is unsurprising that various entities increasingly resort to courts and tribunals to seek to address the many harms and wrongs that clearly stem from climate change. This article discusses the opportunities in this context for those who face displacement by the effects of climate change, an issue that is not necessarily at the heart of either climate justice debates or climate displacement debates. Discussions about how to respond to displacement arising in the context of climate change often focus on the ‘protection space’ or ‘assistance space’, in which those affected are conceptualized as actual or potential seekers of protection or assistance, who may or may not be owed refuge elsewhere on account of unmet needs for shelter, support or safety. This article takes a different approach and conceptualizes those affected as potential or actual seekers of justice, who may be owed rectification for inflicted harm. The article thus contributes to emerging scholarship concerning climate change litigation and climate harm reversal, by focusing on the corrective justice potential for those who face the specific issue of displacement stemming from climate change. To this end, the article provides the relevant practical and analytical background, and discusses key recent law and policy developments in both the domestic and cross-border spheres. The article considers not merely the nexus between displacement stemming from climate change and considerations of justice, but also how and where justice in this context is or may be sought.

中文翻译:

危害、罪魁祸首和整改:为气候变化流离失所获得矫正正义

鉴于气候变化的加速性质及其影响,越来越多的实体越来越多地诉诸法院和法庭来寻求解决显然源于气候变化的许多危害和错误也就不足为奇了。本文讨论了在这种情况下因气候变化影响而面临流离失所的人的机会,这个问题不一定是气候正义辩论或气候流离失所辩论的核心。关于如何应对气候变化背景下出现的流离失所问题的讨论通常集中在“保护空间”或“援助空间”上,其中受影响的人被概念化为实际或潜在的保护或援助寻求者,他们可能是也可能不是由于对住所、支持或安全的需求未得到满足而在其他地方避难。本文采用不同的方法,将受影响的人概念化为潜在或实际的正义寻求者,他们可能因受到的伤害而受到纠正。因此,这篇文章通过关注那些面临气候变化引起的流离失所的具体问题的人的矫正正义潜力,为有关气候变化诉讼和气候危害逆转的新兴学术做出了贡献。为此,本文提供了相关的实践和分析背景,并讨论了国内和跨境领域最近的主要法律和政策发展。本文不仅考虑了气候变化引起的流离失所与正义考虑之间的关系,还考虑了在这种情况下寻求或可能寻求正义的方式和地点。
更新日期:2020-08-13
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