The Climate Dispossessed: Justice for the Pacific in Aotearoa?
About this ebook
It’s a difficult conversation. For many Pacific islands, talking about plans to abandon their country risks providing the international community with an excuse to not reduce emissions. Yet internal climate change displacement cannot be avoided, and cross-border displacement may become a reality without urgent climate action. The risk of this dispossession presents profound questions of life, identity and justice for all of us living in the Pacific, in light of the fundamental principles of international law and our commitments in Te Tiriti o Waitangi
About the author
Teall Crossen is an environmental lawyer. She has worked with Pacific countries at the climate change negotiations and has advised Forest and Bird and Greenpeace International. Teall currently works for the New Zealand Department of Conservation. She holds a BRS (Lincoln University), LLB (University of Canterbury) and LLM (University of Calgary). Teall stood as a candidate for the Green Party in the 2017 general election and has been selected to stand again in 2020.
