Journal
REVUE GENERAL DE DROIT
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 113-150Publisher
UNIV OTTAWA, FAC LAW
DOI: 10.7202/1021212ar
Keywords
Arctic indigenous peoples; climate change; environmental justice; Native Americans; human rights
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The Arctic region is in crisis from the effects of climate change. The impacts of climate change pose a particular threat to Arctic indigenous communities. Because of the disproportionate impacts of climate change, these indigenous communities are environmental justice communities. Part I of this article discusses how indigenous nations are environmental justice communities and discusses the unique factors that may apply to environmental justice claims arising in Indian country. The article then presents two case studies to explore how, if at all, these concepts have been previously applied to environmental justice claims brought by various Arctic indigenous communities. Part II addresses the Inuit Circumpolar Conference's petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Part III considers the Native Village of Kivalina's lawsuit against numerous private emitters of greenhouse gases. These case studies underscore the failure of international and domestic forums' consideration of the special situation of Arctic indigenous peoples as environmental justice communities.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available