In 2010, UNU-EHS and the MunichRe Foundation held a Summer Academy on “Protecting Environmental Migrants: Creating New Policy and Institutional Framework”, which aimed to develop policy options for decision makers to better address the needs of environmentally-induced migrants. The issue “Climate Change and Migration: Rethinking Policies for Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction” presents the outcomes of that [...]
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Two new publications will be coming out in September 2011 on climate change and migration. (H/T Forced Migration Current Awareness) Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World (OUP, Sept. 2011) [info] “Focusing on climate-induced migration from Africa to Europe, [Gregory] White shows how global warming’s impact on international relations has been [...] The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office of Nepal released a field bulletin about the long-term disaster displacement in the country. Almost all districts across the Far West face losses of lives and property every year due to natural disasters. However, the impact can last well beyond the immediate event. Humanitarian actors have observed that the duration [...] UNESCO’s “Migration and Climate Change” brings together the views of 26 leading experts from a range of disciplines such as demography, climatology, economics, geography, anthropology and law. They present case studies from Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal and the islands of the Pacific, analyzing the often alarming statistics and tearing down the myths associated with one of [...] Susin Park, Head, UNHCR Office for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, wrote a paper entitled “Climate Change and the Risk of Statelessness:The Situation of Low-lying Island States.” The paper begins by examining the elements of statehood under public international law. While there is a strong presumption of continuity for established states, the possibility of a total loss [...] Thanks to Forced Migration Current Awareness, we’ve learned of a few publications related to climate change and migration. They include: “At the Water’s Edge: Legal Protections and Funding for a New Generation of Climate Change Refugees,” Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, vol. 16, no. 1 (2011) [full-text] Maladapted Migration: What Does It Mean? (Centre for Refugee [...] |
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