Meanwhile, the CDM has enabled polluting industries to buy cheap carbon credits to meet their emissions commitments and avoid shifting to more costly low carbon technologies, and has been slammed for backing projects that have had devastating impacts on local communities.
The fires, which had devastating impacts on people and the environment, were not a natural disaster, but rather the product of a combination of weak law enforcement, short-sighted economic interests, and lack of political and policy coordination at different levels.
Drought events were reported to be frequent hazards in the area and had devastating impacts on household livelihoods, pasture and water, which escalates the area's chronic conflicts, insecurity and food insecurity.
The removal of such a vast number of snags has had devastating impacts on Murray cod and river ecosystems.
Typhoon Ophelia was a long-lived and powerful tropical cyclone that had devastating impacts on the small atoll of Ulithi in the Caroline Islands.
"The gratifying part is what we've been able to achieve for our clients, who benefit from our representation by receiving redemption and justice for ill-conceived adverse employment decisions that have had devastating impacts on their lives," Carlin says.
