Climate Refugees
Global, Local and Critical Approaches

A discussion of cutting-edge developments in policy on climate change and forced displacement from leading academics and practitioners.

Simon Behrman (Edited by), Avidan Kent (Edited by)

9781108828772, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 March 2022

370 pages
24.3 x 16.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.689 kg

The last few years have witnessed a flurry of activity in global governance and international lawseeking to address the protection gaps for people fleeing the effects of climate change. This book discusses cutting-edge developments in law and policy on climate change and forced displacement, including theories and potential solutions, issues of governance, local and regional concerns, and future challenges. Chapters are written by a range of authors from academics to key figures in intergovernmental organisations, and offer detailed case studies of policy developments in the Americas, Europe, South-East Asia, and the Pacific. This is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers from a range of disciplines, as well as policymakers working in environmental law, environmental governance, and refugee and migration law. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

1. Introduction: An imaginary interview with the editors Avidan Kent and Simon Behrman
2. Weaving a coherent web of policy and action for the protection of disaster displaced persons: Climate change action, disaster risk reduction and human mobility Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement
3. Perspectives from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Breaking new ground on the governance of climate migration Mariam Traore Chazalnoel and Dina Lonesco
4. Global governance of climate migrants: A critical evaluation of the global compacts Jolanda van der Vliet and Frank Biermann
5. Lessons from the past/Momentum going forward: Norm dynamics and the process of protection for climate-induced migration and displacement Elin Jakobsson
6. Collective action, common concern and climate-induced migration Elisa Fornalé
7. Migrating with dignity: protecting the rights of 'Climate refugees' with the non-refoulement principle Sumudu Atapattu
8. Climate displacement and the right to mental health Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh and Melina Antoniadis
9. Climate migration and its inclusion in Mexican legal and political frameworks Beatriz Felipe Pérez
10. Integrating climate-induced mobility in climate and migration policies in Brazil: challenges and ways forward Diogo Andreola Serraglio, Fernanda de Salles Cavedon-Capdeville and Aline Burni
11. Climate displacement and community-led solutions: perspectives from the Asia Pacific region Ezekiel Simperingham
12. 'Climate-displaced people' – A small island developing states perspective Angelique Pouponneau
13. Any port in a storm? Climate, mobility and choice in Pacific small island developing states Robert Oakes, Kees van der Geest and Cosmin Corendea
14. The role of environmental disasters in asylum cases: Do German courts take disasters into account? Camilla Schloss
15. Building governance resiliency: Lessons from the United States Tyler Giannini and Ayoung Kim
16. Environmental justice and climate-induced migration Francesca Rosignoli
17. Coping with climate change: a critical review of the link between the human rights system and climate displacement Khaled Hassine
18. The IOM as a 'UN-related' organisation, and the potential consequences for people displaced by climate change Miriam Cullen
19. Climate refugees: Is litigation an effective strategy? Avidan Kent and Simon Behrman.

Subject Areas: Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Climate change [RNPG], International environmental law [LBBP], International relations [JPS], Refugees & political asylum [JFFD]