Alice Thomas: Climate Change Effects and Responses Profoundly Undermine Human Rights

After Typhoon Haiyan ripped across the Philippines in 2014 leveling nearly every building in sight, 4 million people – mostly poor and from coastal regions – were displaced. In response, the government set up “no build” zones in vulnerable areas and worked to move people to new land. But many of the newly relocated people … Continue reading Alice Thomas: Climate Change Effects and Responses Profoundly Undermine Human Rights