22 May 2024

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Webinar: Living in Displacement in the Climate Emergency: Refugees and Climate Shocks, 30 May 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

"Australia, Tuvalu lay out terms of landmark climate and security pact," ABC News (Australia), 8 May 2024 [text]
- See also related joint statement and explanatory memo on the Falepili Union.

Fixing the plastics problem when delivering urgent aid (The Interpreter Blog, May 2024) [text]

Towards the recognition of climate migrants: Reflections on the African Guiding Principles on the Rights of All Migrants (RLI Blog, April 2024) [text]

Reports:

Amicus Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights from the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Chile (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]
- Also available in Spanish.

Breaking Silos: Integrated Solutions for Climate Change, Security, and Displacement in Guatemala, Policy Brief, no. 1 (CGIAR, 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Climate Change Impacts and Mobility in the Middle East: What do we know? (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2024) [text]

Impact of Climate Change on the Migration and Displacement Dynamics of Rohingya Refugees (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report and briefing paper.

Keeping the Refugee Convention Relevant: Expanding Protection for Environmentally Displaced Populations (Baker Institute, May 2024) [text]

Migration in the Context of Climate and Environmental Changes within Central Asia and to the European Union and the Russian Federation (IOM, May 2024) [text]

Policy Guidelines on Climate Change-induced Displacement in Ninewa Governorate (Norwegian Refugee Council, May 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Iraq.

A Synergistic Approach to the OAU Refugee Convention and the Kampala Convention (Baker Institute, May 2024) [text]
- "This policy brief explores how the Kampala Convention can complement the OAU Refugee Convention in this complex landscape. It aims to bridge the protection gap for individuals facing the dual challenge of refugee status and climate-induced internal displacement and explores how the two conventions can work together to better protect and assist them."

Journal articles:

"Climate Change and Cross-Border Displacement: What the Courts, the Administration, and Congress Can Do to Improve Options for the United States," Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 56, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

"Climate Change and Internal Displacement in Colombia: Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold?," Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 56, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

"Climate refugees or labour migrants? Climate reductive translations of women’s migration from coastal Bangladesh," Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 50, no. 6 (2023) [open access]

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