The world we inhabit is constantly changing sometimes through natural causes, for example through a volcanic eruption, and other times through human intervention, such as the draining of a lake to expand arable land. The world we inhabit is constantly changing sometimes through natural causes, for example a volcanic eruption, and other times through human intervention, such as draining a …

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), climate change and related disasters are, more and more, becoming a threat to humanity and, therefore, one of the most significant drivers for migration. Temperatures and sea-levels are rising significantly as frequent and violent wildfires, floods, storms, droughts, earthquakes, and tsunamis demonstrate (1). As for migration, it is not hard to believe …

To understand how we got to this extremely severe environmental situation, it should be specified that the international community has started to take action against climate change through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered into force on March 21, 1994. The Convention aims at formulating legal frameworks and principles for cooperation among States to mitigate …

According to the UN definition “climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns [that] may be natural. […] But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.” Climate change has led to a progressive increase of Earth’s temperatures and, above all, …