Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples – The Search for Legal Remedies

Citation

(2013), "Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples – The Search for Legal Remedies", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 5 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm.2013.41405baa.011

Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples – The Search for Legal Remedies

Article Type: Books and resources From: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 5, Issue 2

Edited by Randall S. Abate and Elizabeth Ann KronkEdward Elgar Publishing LtdCheltenham2013616 pp.£126.00ISBN 9781781001790

This volume explores the ways in which indigenous peoples across the world are challenged by climate change impacts, and discusses the legal resources available to confront those challenges. Indigenous peoples occupy a unique niche within the climate justice movement, as many indigenous communities live subsistence lifestyles that are severely disrupted by the effects of climate change. Additionally, in many parts of the world, domestic law is applied differently to indigenous peoples than it is to their non-indigenous peers, further complicating the quest for legal remedies.

The contributors to this book bring a range of expert legal perspectives to this complex discussion, offering both a comprehensive explanation of climate change-related problems faced by indigenous communities and a breakdown of various real world attempts to devise workable legal solutions. Regions covered include North and South America (Brazil, Canada, the USA and the Arctic), the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Tuvalu and the Federated States of Micronesia), Australia and New Zealand, Asia (China and Nepal) and Africa (Kenya). This volume may appeal to professors and students of environmental law, indigenous law and international law, as well as practitioners and policymakers with an interest in indigenous legal issues and environmental justice.