Milla Emilia Vaha
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Keywords: climate change, climate justice, international law, small island states
DOI: 10.5509/2017904767
CLIMATE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 《气候正义与人权》 By Tracey Skillington. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. vii, 287 pp. US$129.00, cloth. ISBN 978-1-137-02280-6.
DISAPPEARING ISLAND STATES. 《正在消失的岛屿国家》 By Jenny Grote Stoutenburg. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2015. xvi, 486 pp. (Illustrations.) US$240.00, cloth. ISBN 978-90-04-30300-3.
THREATENED ISLAND NATIONS: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate. 《受到威胁的岛屿国家：海平面上升和变化气候的法律影响》 By Michael B. Gerrard, Gregory E. Wannier. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xix, 639 pp. (Table, illustrations.) US$160.00, paper. ISBN 978-1-107-02576-9.
Climate change currently affects several states and their citizens around the globe. As sea level rise is threatening to make some states completely uninhabitable, small island states serve as examples of states at the greatest risk. This review essay analyzes three recent contributions to the literature on climate change and the future of endangered populations. These books offer timely contributions regarding the prospects of threatened nations, as well as addressing the shape and content of global governance in the era of Anthropocene. The authors suggest some interesting and novel innovations, particularly for updating the international legislation surrounding climate governance. At the same time, given how unpredictable a process climate change is, the solutions we come up with should perhaps be bolder.
作为人民我们有权利存在：面临威胁的国家与气候正义
关键词：气候变化；气候正义；国际法； 小岛屿国家
气候变化目前影响到全球数个国家和它们的公民。随着海平面上升，一些国家面临变得完全无法居住的威胁，小的岛屿国则成为受害风险最大的国家的典型。本评论文章分析了三篇在气候变化和濒危人口未来问题上的重要文献。这些著作对于思考面临威胁的国家的前景以及人类世年代全球治理的形态和内容都做出了及时的贡献。著作的作者们提出了一些新颖有趣的创见，特别是就围绕气候治理的国际立法的更新提出创新的方案。与此同时，鉴于气候变化过程的不可预测性，任何意在解决未来发展的想象可能都应该更为大胆。
Translated from English by Li Guo
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