Thematic Focus: Climate Change/Natural Disasters

This year's Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition focused on a case concerning the "Alfurnan migrants" and a sinking island scenario (see my earlier post).  The competition is now over and the official results are available on the ILSA web site.  The champions hail from the National Law School of India University.  Photos and a chronology of the various rounds can be found on the Jessup White & Case Facebook page.

Publications:

"Change, Sea Level Rise and Protecting Displaced Coastal Communities: Possible Solutions," Global Journal of Comparative Law, Forthcoming 2013 [eprint via SSRN]

The Climate Displacement Gap (Refugees International Blog, April 2013) [text]

Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods and Volcanoes – Assessing the Human Impact of Each (Speaking of Medicine Blog, April 2013) [text]
- Links to five papers recently published in PLOS Current Disasters that undertake historical reviews of events and systematic literature reviews of the human impact of different types of natural disasters.

"Kiribati: A Nation Going Under," The Global Mail, 15 April 2013 [text]

Lifeline to "Climate Refugees"? (IRIN, April 2013) [text]

Migration and Environment Newsletter, no. 1 (March 2013) [full-text via EMN Belgium]
- New newsletter from ICMPD.

Moving Stories: The Sahel (UKCCMC, April 2013) [text]

Trends in Natural Disaster Response and the Role of Regional Organizations, Washington, DC, 22 April 2013 [access]
- See also related UpFront blog post.

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