Monthly Archives: October 2020

Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken – Can a submerged state meet the criteria for statehood?

Criteria for statehood

For this blog, part of my series focusing on climatic statelessness, I return to the issue of small island states at risk of disappearing due to slow-onset climate change. My first blog of the series, looked at how climate change and cross-border migration interrelate and what would happen in the event that entire communities and even states were displaced due …