The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP27 is wrapping up this week. World leaders and top climate scientists are meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss the crisis, […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: 17 Environmental Human Rights & Dr. Ata...
There are many internationally recognized human rights: civil and political rights like the right to vote, social rights like the right to stay alive and access food and water. There […]
U.N. Rules on Climate Change Refugees
In January of 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled that countries cannot deport refugees seeking asylum due to life-threatening conditions caused by climate change. The case involved Ioane […]
UW participates in Paris Climate Change Conference
How is UW getting involved with the Paris Climate Change Conference? Will the Climate Change Conference address the issues of people whose lands are disappearing because of climate change? How […]