Tag Archives: climatic statelessness

Shall I at least set my lands in order? – Can states acquire new territory to avoid climatic statelessness?

Territory

As we get closer to COP26 in Glasgow this November and following on from the Climate and Development Ministerial on 31 March 2021, I want to come back to an issue I discussed in a series of blogs last year: statelessness caused by the impact of climate change. One way to look at citizenship is as the connection between a …

Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken – Can a submerged state meet the criteria for statehood?

Criteria for statehood

For this blog, part of my series focusing on climatic statelessness, I return to the issue of small island states at risk of disappearing due to slow-onset climate change. My first blog of the series, looked at how climate change and cross-border migration interrelate and what would happen in the event that entire communities and even states were displaced due …