Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Short pieces:

Safeguarding Children’s Futures: Addressing children’s experiences of loss and damage in the context of climate-related (im)mobilities (RID Blog, May 2026) [text]

When Climate Change Still Matters in Asylum Law: Lessons from United States and Italian Case Law (RLI Blog, May 2026) [text]

Reports: 

"Addressing climate mobility: the role of local and community action," Chapter in World Migration Report 2026 (IOM, May 2026) [text]

Climate, the Environment and Site Management (CCCM Cluster, May 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Climate Change, Migration, and Vulnerability Diplomacy in the Middle East," Protracted Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa (Baker Institute, May 2026) [access]

- Scroll to p. 105 of this policy brief series.

Climate vulnerability at the household level: A behaviorally informed index and its application to refugees in Jordan, HiCN Working Paper, no. 454 (Households in Conflict Network, May 2026) [text]

Regional Symposium on Climate Mobility Approaches to Identifying and Reducing Risks in Africa, Nairobi, 24-26 March 2026 [access]

- Follow link for symposium documents.

When Climate Forces Movement: The Rise of Strategic Litigation for Climate Migrants, Graz Law Working Paper, no. 09-2026 (Univ. of Graz, May 2026) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Climate-Induced Migration and Security," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 41, no. 4 (2025) [open access]

"Between the homeless and the uprooted households: legal limits of civil defense in Rio Grande do Sul in the face of climate disaster displacement during the 2024 floods," REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, no. 34 (2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Brazil.

"Exploring the Linkages Between Climate Change, Food Security, Economic Growth, and Migration in Selected Countries," Sustainability, vol. 18, no. 19 (May 2026) [open access]

"How the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement Fail Climate and Racial Justice: Time for the Kampala Convention?," Chapter in Emancipating International Law: Confronting the Violence of Racialized Boundaries (Oxford Univ. Press, April 2026) [open access]

- See also related OpinioJuris post.

"Quiet catastrophes: Navigating climate-induced displacement and marginality in urban Mongolia," Migration Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (June 2026) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1 (4 May 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 2 (4 May 2026)