Isabella Kaminski

Author bio

Isabella Kaminski is a freelance journalist specializing in the environment and climate change, with a particular interest in climate litigation and justice. She was previously deputy editor of the ENDS Report and as a freelancer has written for The Guardian, BBC, Undark, Climate Home News, Independent, Desmog, and others.

Isabella Kaminski’s Contributions:

Two people in black and teal clothing stand in the foreground in a brown river looking at houses on a grassy hill in the distance.

Could the Alaska Government Be on the Hook for Climate Refugees?

A proposed legal strategy could offer a way for those who’ve lost their land to climate change to be compensated.

Jan 23, 2023 | 1,200 words, about 6 minutes

Aerial panorama of the west coast of Maui near the town of Lahaina, Hawaii, USA

Climate Activists Are Waging a New Kind of Legal Fight

In the face of bigger wildfires, deadlier floods, and more extreme weather, plaintiffs around the world are taking up a new tactic: suing for the damage climate change has already wrought.

Oct 25, 2022 | 1,900 words, about 10 minutes

Hakai Magazine

Coastal science and societies