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23 Nov 2023, 8:12 am
But its greater purpose is to cabin that working group by the nearly four pages of Preambular material that forms the normative and political basis of the mandate.The debates around the text of the resolution were not pacific and suggest the conflicts that will have t be resolved should this project move forward. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 5:28 pm
The President reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to defending our Indo-Pacific allies. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 6:34 am
Lead on Climate Change and Displacement (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]Pacific Islands Countries Lauded for Endorsing Regional Framework on Climate Mobility (IOM, Nov. 2023) [text]Reports & journal articles:"Climate Migration 101: An Explainer," Migration Information Source, 16 Nov. 2023 [text]"Climate Crisis Induced Migration: A Global Framework to Minimize and Manage Large-Scale Climate Refugees and Migrants," Journal of Science Policy &… [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 1:00 pm
Short pieces:Australia’s offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking – and could be a lifeline across the Pacific (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]- See also related Kaldor Centre statement.Climate change and displacement: the myths and the facts (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]"COP28 declaration to tie climate funding to conflict for the first time," The New Humanitarian, 13 Nov. 2023 [text]- Includes a link to a draft of the Climate, Relief,… [read post]
15 Nov 2023, 5:00 am
The post Arbitrator Ends Employer Overreach in a Unionized Environment appeared first on Peter A. [read post]
15 Nov 2023, 5:00 am
The post Arbitrator Ends Employer Overreach in a Unionized Environment appeared first on Peter A. [read post]
12 Nov 2023, 6:32 am
In February 2021, the World Bank (acting at the request of the U.S. and other countries) invalidated a 2020 bid by Huawei Marine to build undersea cables for several Pacific Island countries. [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 7:02 am
As recently discussed, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a major decision this summer in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, 372 NLRB No. 130 (2023). [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 4:47 am
The Middle East conflict’s impact on the Indo-Pacific is uncertain but significant. [read post]
7 Nov 2023, 2:27 pm
By implementing these provisions, the Offensive Weapons Bill seeks to combat the unlawful possession and use of dangerous blades, ensuring a safer environment for communities. 8. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 10:15 am
It provides analysis of Afghan refugee policies from an original position, with the author being both agency official and anthropologist, and articulates multiple levels of analysis: the micropolitics of practices as much as the institution and the multi-scalar power relations that shape its environment. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 7:38 am
Our speakers will provide updates on the status of this legislation and its potential implications, ensuring you’re well-informed on the rapidly changing legal environment. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 11:23 am
Canadian Pacific Ltd., 1995 CanLII 112 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1031, at para. 55 (emphasis deleted), quoting the Law Reform Commission of Canada, Crimes Against the Environment (1985), Working Paper 44, at p. 8). [read post]
20 Oct 2023, 2:27 am
Now the feds say the Pacific Northwest will have to live with a private company's shooting a lot more natural gas through its aged pipeline from Canada to Calfornia, even though seemingly no one who lives in the region wants them to do it.The pipeline's already been here for 80-some years, but the company's planning to juice up the compression system to deliver more gas through it. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 7:06 pm
Pix Credit here “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. [read post]
15 Oct 2023, 7:18 pm
Humpback whales, for example, spend their summers straining krill, plankton, and small fish through their great baleen plates in the polar region of the North Pacific Ocean. [read post]
14 Oct 2023, 12:48 pm
Multinational corporations operating in Asia Pacific often confront unique compliance challenges due to the swiftly changing regulatory and geopolitical environment in the region. [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 6:05 am
President Joe Biden’s second White House meeting with Pacific Island leaders last week illustrated how critical the region has become to U.S. interests. [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 7:37 am
In the midst of this adverse weather condition, a chain-reaction collision ensued on the Pacific Coast Highway, involving several trucks and passenger vehicles. [read post]
21 Sep 2023, 10:25 am
Before Japan planned to discharge Fukushima’s radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, UN experts raised concerns about the potential presence of radioactive isotopes, including carbon-14, and their impact on human health and the environment. [read post]
