Thematic Focus: Climate Displacement

Event:

Climate Change, Migration and Legal Protection, Online Seminar, 27 and 28 November 2013 [info]
- Register for one of the days, based on your time zone.

Publications:

Addressing the Plight of Environmental Migrants through African Union and ECOWAS Community Laws: A Case for Climate Justice (Ahmadu Bello University, Feb. 2012; posted Oct. 2013) [text]

Climate Change and Displacement: Protecting Whom, Protecting How? (PHAP, June 2013) [text]

"Colères des temps et réfugiés climatiques: pour une approche sociologique," VertigO (Oct. 2013) [full-text]

Dispersing the Myths Surrounding Climate Induced Migration (International Migration Institute, Sept. 2013) [access]

Finding Land Solutions to Climate Displacement: A Challenge Like Few Others (Displacement Solutions, Oct. 2013) [access]

"Pacific Environmental Migration in a Warming World: Is There an Obligation Beyond State Borders?," Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, vol. 14 (2012-2013) [full-text]

The Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement within States (Displacement Solutions, Sept. 2013) [access]
- These Principles were drafted back in Sept. 2013; follow the link to view an earlier post about them.  For more information, view this recent video explaining why they are needed; see also photos of the drafting process.

Reality Check: The Human Cost of Climate Change (RI Blog, Oct. 2013) [text]

Relocation in the Pacific, Sydney, 12 Aug. 2013 [text]
- Follow link for workshop report.  See also summary of the discussions

Taking Responsibility for Climate Change-related Displacement: Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Proportionality of Expelling 'Climate Refugees', Paper presented at 8th Uppsala Forum Workshop on Global Climate Change, "Dealing with Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Loss, Damage, Adaptation and Social Justice," Uppsala, Sweden, 23 Sept. 2013 [text]


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