Climate justice Hope, Resilience, and the fight for a sustainable future

"December 2016."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Unit I. International governance perspectives. Advancing climate justice in national climate actions : the promise and limitations of the United Nations human rights-based approach / Damilola S. Olawuyi -- From justice to participation : the Paris Agreement's pragmatic approach to differentiation / Patrícia G. Ferreira -- The Green Climate Fund, international governance, and climate justice in developing nations / Steven Ferrey -- Energy access, climate justice, and financing innovation / Ara Azad & Ava Azad -- Corporate responsibility : promoting climate justice through the divestment of fossil fuels and socially responsible investment / Josephine M. Balzac -- Human rights dimensions of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage : a framework for climate justice in the realm of climate geoengineering / William C.G. Burns -- Unit II. North American perspectives. Flee the rising sea? : South Florida's choice of leadership or litigation / Keith W. Rizzardi -- The seas are rising and so are community voices : coastal resilience and climate justice through public participation after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill / David Roche -- Justice in an unconventional world : First Nations' treaty rights and procedural climate justice in Alberta's oil sands region / Cameron S.G. Jefferies -- The impact of climate change on American and Canadian indigenous peoples and their water resources : a climate justice perspective / Itzchak Kornfeld -- Unit III. Island nation perspectives. Justice for small island nations : intersections of equity, human rights, and environmental justice / Sumudu Anopama Atapattu -- "To preserve the heritage of the past, and to protect the promise of the future" : intergenerational equity challenges from climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia / Clement Yow Mulalap -- Climate justice for human and nonhuman islanders : domestic duties, regional responsibilities, and international interventions / Carly Elizabeth Southe & Teresa Giménez-Candela -- Unit IV. African and middle eastern perspectives. Land use and climate change : using planning tools to enhance climate adaptation in Kenya / Robert Kibugi -- Climate change and armed conflict : challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice / Onita Das -- Unit V. South Asian perspectives. Taking climate justice to the Himalayan heights : a proposed adaptive mountain governance framework to address climate change impacts in the Indian Himalayan region / Naysa Ahuja -- Monsoons, hydropower, and climate justice in Pakistan's river communities / Nadia B. Ahmad & Mushtaq ur Rasool Bilal -- Climate change impacts and human rights of rural women in Bangladesh / Kamrul Hossain & Noor Jahan Punam -- Unit VI. Climate justice in the courts. From responsibility to cost-effectiveness to litigation : the evolution of climate change regulation and the emergence of climate justice litigation / Chilenye Nwapi -- Atmospheric trust litigation in the United States : pipe dream or pipeline to justice for future generations? / Randall S. Abate -- Trends in climate justice litigation : the Dutch case and global repercussions / Jennifer Huang & Maria Antonia Tigre -- Climate justice for future generations : a case study in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site of Australia / Keely Boom -- Climate justice litigation in the Inter-American human rights system to protect indigenous peoples in Mexico / Verónica de la Rosa Jaimes -- Indigenous peoples bringing climate justice to Canada / Karine Péloffy.