Global Development Institute Blog

Climate Crimes and Human Rights: What Role for Courts?

Climate Crimes and Human Rights: What Role for Courts?

 by Yusra Suedi (Law) & Clare Cummings (Global Development Institute), Climate & Justice Study Group  Between small island states formally requesting the International Criminal Court to recognise ecocide as a crime, 2000 Swiss women suing Switzerland for...
GDI Digest: Conceptualising and Defending the Future

GDI Digest: Conceptualising and Defending the Future

By Louisa Hann It’s the beginning of a new year – a time when many of us are looking to the future. Whether you’re trying to stick to a resolution or counting down the days until spring, January is often charged with a combination of renewal, resolve, and trepidation....
Save our chocolate!

Save our chocolate!

Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment and Climate Change  Can I ask you a question? Do you like chocolate? If your answer is ‘yes’, as for 100% of my focus-group and public-engagement participants, you may be interested to know that the people manufacturing your...