Jane McAdam, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Research Associate, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, published a paper that calls for a new international treaty for ‘climate refugees’ or ‘climate migrants’. Drawing in part on field work undertaken in Kiribati and Tuvalu, it examines some conceptual and pragmatic difficulties […]
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Refusing 'Refuge' in the Pacific: (De)Constructing Climate-Induced Displacement in International LawThe European Science Foundation is hosting a conference on “Environmental Degradation and Conflict: From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities,” December 5-9, 2010 in Bielefeld, Germany. The conference aims to shed light on the complex dynamics of environmentally induced migration and the associated societal processes. Toward this end, they seek to further the interdisciplinary debate and exchange of […] (Reuters) July 12, 2010 – Rising seas from global warming, coming after years of coral reef destruction, are forcing thousands of indigenous Panamanians to leave their ancestral homes on low-lying Caribbean islands. Seasonal winds, storms and high tides combine to submerge the tiny islands, crowded with huts of yellow cane and faded palm fronds, leaving […] The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands has approached Columbia Law School’s Center for Climate Change best price cialis Law to explore creative approaches to the legal issues facing these nations. Among the legal questions that need to be explored are the implications of the loss of inhabitable physical territory for statehood, for […] The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) has released eight background papers that investigate climate-induced migration. These background papers are a product of GMF’s Transatlantic Study Team on Climate-induced Migration (led by Dr. Susan E. Martin, Georgetown University, and Dr. Koko Warner, UN University). The Study Team consists of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners […] The World Wildlife Fund established the Climate Prep blog to “define climate change adaptation through illustrations of on the ground adaptation projects and scientific adaptation studies, explorations of adaptation concepts, and tracking firsthand the progress of adaptation in the international policy arena.” This is especially pertinent to the field of climate change-induced migration, as the […] |
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