Autore: erica specchia

Si bien el derecho de acceso a la información pública ambiental de manera accesible, efectiva y oportuna, garantizado por el art. 13 de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos y por los nums. 30 y 50 de la Constitución Política de Costa Rica, ha sido ampliamente desarrollado, tanto por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (caso Claude...

Climate change poses a severe challenge for many developing countries, and the need to adapt has been widely recognized. Public health is one of the sectors where adaptation is necessary, as a warming climate likely affects general health conditions, the spread of various diseases, etc. Some countries are more affected by such climatic challenges, as their climate...

Un euro investi pour limiter le réchauffement climatique, c’est un euro de moins pour d’autres usages. Dès lors, cette lutte est-elle socialement légitime ? La science économique compare les coûts des dommages dus au changement climatique à ceux des dispositions à prendre pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Une démarche complexe. Link: https://www.larecherche.fr/la-délicate-évaluation-des-dommages-climatiques

Merkel dopo l’intervento di Greta Thunberg: “Abbiamo sentito il grido dei giovani”. A sorpresa arriva anche Trump. Sessantasei Paesi hanno espresso l’intenzione di raggiungere un’economia a zero emissioni di diossido di carbonio, entro il 2050. Lo hanno fatto sapere le Nazioni Unite, sottolineando che si tratta di un obiettivo vitale nel contrastare il cambiamento climatico sul lungo...

Il diritto dell’uomo all’ambiente esiste? Chi può farlo funzionare? E quando la tutela dell’ambiente è collegata ai diritti umani? Cosa dicono Onu, Convenzione europea dei diritti dell’uomo, Corte interamericana e Commissione Africana? Link: https://www.osservatoriodiritti.it/2018/03/24/diritti-umani-ambiente-diritto-internazionale-onu/

The “human right to climate” involves several “areas of life” rather than specific “living conditions”, precisely because it is projected on a dimension of present-future ecosystem processes and not simply on the immediate emergence of an event. The article, reported here, analysed 3300 climate studies and identified hundreds of negative processes, involving half of the world’s population,...

As the climate crisis deepens, can litigation advancing a human right to a stable and sustainable climate system make a difference? Link: https://www.openglobalrights.org/litigating-the-right-to-a-sustainable-climate-system/

Talking about climate change and migration can be hard, but the basic picture is simple. Climate-driven migration is happening now. Link: https://theleap.org/portfolio-items/climate-migration/

Este libro es el resultado de los profundos estudios y debates que un grupo de académicos ha venido adelantando con gran rigurosidad. Sus textos y las conclusiones a las que han llegado los autores deben convertirse en referencia obligada para comprender, de una parte la importancia del cambio climático y sus impactos, especialmente para Colombia, y, por...