CGM Seminar: Fanny Thornton
Fanny Thornton will discuss work she has been doing on climate change and human mobility.
The Pacific Islands region is often noted for being at the forefront of climate change impacts that affect human mobility. It is also at the forefront of developing law and policy responses to climate mobility, including at the regional level. The presentation will chart recent regional law and policy developments concerning climate mobility in the Pacific Islands, their advantages and shortcomings. Lessons for other regions from this will be highlighted.
Dr Fanny Thornton leads the B-EPICC project at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. This inter-disciplinary project concerns the co-creation of knowledge about regional climate phenomena and hydrological and biodiversity systems, as well as their impacts upon agriculture-based livelihoods, human mobility and security. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor in Law at the University of Canberra in Australia. In that capacity, she has been engaged in collaborative, inter-disciplinary research concerning climate change and human mobility, with a regional focus on the Pacific Islands. Her research has been supported by a number of competitive external grants, including a substantial grant from the Australian Research Council. Dr Thornton is a member of the Technical Advisory Group – Human Mobility, which sits under the Pacific Resilience Partnership, and which advises regional governments on policy responses and developments concerning human mobility in the context of disasters and anthropogenic climate change. She is the author of: Climate Change and People on the Move: International Law and Justice - with Oxford University Press, 2018.