28 January 2016

Thematic Focus: Climate Change

Opportunities:

CFP: "Migration and Climate Change," Session at International Geographical Congress, Beijing, 21-25 August 2016 [info]
- Abstract submission deadline is 15 February 2016.

CFP: Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment, Oxford, 21-22 March 2016 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 22 February 2016.

Publications/resources:

Assessing the Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration Nexus in South Asia (IOM, 2015?) [info]
- Follow link for project flyer and country profiles.

Climate Change and Climate Policy Induced Relocations: A Challenge for Social Justice, Policy Brief Series, vol. 1, no. 10 (IOM, Dec. 2015) [text]

Helping Tomorrow’s Climate Refugees by Engaging Today: A Dispatch from Bangladesh (Planet Policy Blog, Jan. 2016) [text]

The Importance of Social Science Research for Understanding Climate Change Induced Migration, Side event at COP21, Paris, 1 Dec. 2015 [access]
- Follow link for video summary from IISD.

"International Legal Protection for Climate Refugees: Where Lies the Haven for the Maldivian People?," Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, vol. 6, no. 1 (2016) [open access]

Land Matters: The Role of Land Policies and Laws for Environmental Migration in Kenya, Policy Brief Series, vol. 1, no. 1 (IOM, Jan. 2016) [text]

Syria, Refugees and Climate Change: Resource Collection (UKCCMC, 2016) [access]

Using Migration to Develop Resilience against Climate Change in Mauritius, Policy Brief Series, vol. 1, no. 11 (IOM, Dec. 2015) [text]

"Why Should We Be Concerned about Environmentally Induced Migration?," Journal of the Dublin University Geographical Society, vol. 13 (2015) [full-text via UKCCMC]
- Scroll to p. 45.

Commentary re. COP21:

Briefing: After the Paris Climate Talks - What Next for Migration and Displacement? (UKCCMC, Jan. 2016) [text]

COP21 Paris Agreement: A Stepping Stone for Climate Migrants (IOM Blog, Dec. 2015) [text]

The Paris Agreement: Spotlight on Climate Migrants (F&ES Blog, Dec. 2015) [text]

Post-Paris: Rethinking Climate Related Displacement (Hertie School of Governance Blog, Dec. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Climate Change/Disasters & Displacement (14 Dec. 2015)


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