Oonagh Fitzgerald is the director of the International Law Research Program (ILRP) at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/oonagh-fitzgerald/rss en Environment Governance Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:55:35 +0000 Oonagh Fitzgerald https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/08/25/as-coastlines-recede-climate-change-adaptation-seems-inevitable https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/08/25/as-coastlines-recede-climate-change-adaptation-seems-inevitable When the Paris climate change agreement was adopted by 175 countries in December 2015, it called for urgent action to keep warming to well below 2C (3.6F). Now we must take action on the ground. Northern People & Health Thu, 19 May 2016 04:18:55 +0000 Oonagh Fitzgerald https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/05/19/undrip-reconciliation-not-litigation-is-the-key https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/05/19/undrip-reconciliation-not-litigation-is-the-key With Canada now supporting the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, it’s time for dialogue rather than legal arguments, says Oonagh Fitzgerald, of the Centre for International Governance Innovation.