Climate Change Action and the Responsibility to Protect: A Common Cause

This book shows that the climate action and R2P agendas share a common goal: to protect vulnerable human populations from large-scale harm.

Author: Ben L. Parr
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/29/2023
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780367201357

About the Author

Ben L Parr is a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Project. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Melbourne and is author of the book, Australian Climate Policy and Diplomacy: Government-Industry Discourses. Between 2015 and 2018, he provided policy analysis and advice on the Paris climate agreement to former US Vice President the Hon Al Gore and his policy team. He has also worked on subnational climate and energy policy. Between 2011 and 2012 (during the Libya intervention), he worked as Assistant to key R2P architect the Hon Gareth Evans AC KC, and in 2023 published the book, Climate Change Action and The Responsibility to Protect: A Common Cause.