COVID-19 and Online Activism: A Momentum for Radical Change?
Nordic climate activist groups and NGOs try to appeal to hope rather than despair as they present involvement in their tactics as a means to counter negative feelings.
Opinion – Protest, Interrupted? Climate Activism During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Covid-19’s impact on climate activism is obvious. How can climate activists execute a mass mobilization-based strategy in a social distancing context?
Opinion – Post-COVID-19 Climate Change Politics
COVID-19 is a reminder of a more unequal world wherein the role of international organisations may be restricted due to the highhandedness of dominant states.
Opinion – Updating the 1951 Convention for Refugees
The 1951 Refugee Convention is required to be amended so that “climate refugees” are given a place within the gamut of the refugee law regime.
Intergenerational Justice and the Paris Agreement
With a broad recognition of climate change as a problematic issue area, a better response needs to be developed while keeping intergenerational justice in mind.
What Can IR Learn from the Politics of Gender in the Global South?
Feminist resistance teaches how to rescue social movements beyond the imaginary of dominant structures that can aggregate new values for the international community.
Reflecting on Democracy, Corruption and Climate Change in the COVID-19 Era
Why have countries been able to mobilize so quickly in a fight against the spread of COVID-19, but are lacking such a sense of urgent response to tackle climate issues?
Opinion – Why COVID-19 Will Not Be ‘Good’ for the Environment
Covid-19 presents an opportunity to ask difficult questions, make tough decisions and to rebuild the global economy in a more sustainable manner.
Examining the Response of Urban Trees in Canada to Variations in Climate
Dendrochronology can tell us about changes in climate over time and help us develop future projections of environmental responses to climate.
International Relations Theory after the Cold War: China, the Global South and Non-state Actors
The preponderance of China and the broader Global South have already begun transforming IR theory, whilst themselves undergoing occasional clashes.
