Health
Human health is intricately connected with our natural environment, and climate change impacts human health in both direct and indirect ways. The health impacts of climate change are inequitably distributed both globally and within countries, and this is starkly evident across the Indo-Pacific region. By applying a health and justice lens to policy and program development, we can ensure that the healthiest climate policies and actions – those that prioritise human health, wellbeing and justice – are pursued.
Learn moreAgriculture and Water
The impact of climate change on the earth’s water systems is felt across economies, environments, societies and cultures. Changes in these water systems threaten many ecosystem services on which humans depend. Similarly, land and ecosystems are affected by climate change, including direct effects of droughts, floods, heat waves, and indirect effects on disturbances like wildfires, which can impact on plant and animal productivity and on human-ecosystem interactions. Understanding and responding to these threats is becoming a major focus for governments, industries and civil societies worldwide.
Learn moreJust Energy Transitions
Accelerating the energy transition is critical to avoid further lock-in of catastrophic climatic and environmental impacts. The transition away from carbon intensive energy sources toward clean and renewable sources is both a technological and social journey, and a ‘just’ energy transition – one that centres on maximising outcomes for people and communities – is ethically imperative as we move away from carbon intensive economies. We must ensure that the significant benefits from the transition are shared widely and that for those whom may be negatively impacted are appropriately supported.
Learn moreGovernance and Regulation
Law and regulation at multiple levels of governance (local, state, national, transnational, international) play a central role in addressing the climate crisis. Climate law is a relatively recent legal discipline that draws on, and has close intersections with, other areas of law and regulation, such as international law, environmental law, corporate and financial law, law of the sea and human rights law.
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