Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as an International Crime

Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by caseysoftware on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:18PM (#21740136)

I think this should start with a simple question:

How many square miles (or square meters) of territory have they lost due to sea level rising? This should probably exclude erosion but could be an interesting additional point/counter.

That would establish a) that they've suffered damages and b) the scope of said damages. Identifying the guilty parties would be the next challenge but it's a starting point.

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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by lazyjones on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:46PM (#21740253)

Also, will they pay us if it turns out they actually gained territory?

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html

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Re:Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as a... by majewsky on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:41AM (#21742498)

This question already quite complicated. Under your definition, is a territory lost if it's still above sea level, but is not arable anymore e.g. because of desertification? What if it's still arable, but the region's traditional crops produce less yield because of a temperature rise?

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