Author: Antonia Eliason PDF: Using the WTO to Facilitate the Paris Agreement: A Tripartite Approach Abstract Climate change is the greatest threat humanity has faced, and its challenges can only be addressed through multilateral means. Lacking in accountability and enforcement mechanisms, however, the Paris Agreement requires additional support to achieve its full effect. Although not perfectly aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the WTO’s multilateral framework co

Author: Jane Steffens PDF: Climate Change Refugees in the Time of Sinking Islands Abstract While environmental migration is not a new phenomenon, the international community has been slow to react to a wildly increasing number of people displaced by climate-related factors. With the current scenario of sinking islands, rapid urbanization, and drought, the international community seems to be on the precipice of a massive humanitarian catastrophe. Even so, lawmakers appear hesi