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Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Policy Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights Law and Policy Perspectives

Edited By Dimitra Manou, Andrew Baldwin, Dug Cubie, Anja Mihr, Teresa Thorp Copyright 2017
268 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Climate Change already having serious impacts on the lives of millions of people across the world. These impacts are not only ecological, but also social, economic and legal. Among the most significant of such impacts is climate change-induced migration. The implications of this on human rights raise pressing questions, which require serious scholarly reflection. Drawing together experts in... Read more

Foreword

PART I Introduction

1. Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights Dimitra Manou and Anja Mihr

PART II Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights: The Theoretical Nexus

2. Governance and Climate Change-induced Mobility: International and Regional Frameworks Elizabeth Ferris

3. Critical Perspective on the Identification of ‘Environmental Refugees’ as a Category of Human Rights Concern Benoît Mayer

PART III Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights: Legal and Policy Approaches

4. Climate Justice, Migration and Human Rights Anja Mihr

5. Transitional Law in the Climate Change Context Teresa Thorp

6. State Responsibility to Prevent Climate Displacement: The Importance of Housing, Land and Property Rights Ezekiel Simperingham

7. In-Situ Adaptation: Non-Migration as a Coping Strategy for Vulnerable Persons Dug Cubie

PART IV Case Studies

8. On Climate Migration and Conflicts – A Self-fulfilling Prophecy? Lennart Olsson

9. The Human Rights of Climate-Induced Community Relocation Robin Bronen

10. Land Matters: Challenges to Planned Relocation as a Durable Solution to Environmentally Induced Displacement in Kenya Jeanette Schade

11. Politicising Climate Change Adaptation: Negotiating Environmental Migration in the European Union and the Pacific Silja Klepp & Johannes Herbeck

12. Climate and Community: The Human Rights, Livelihood, and Migration Impacts of Climate Change Brooke Ackerly, Mujibul Anam, Jonathan Gilligan & Steven Goodbred

13. Labour Mobility Options as Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Changes? Elisa Fornalé

PART V Conclusions

14. Conclusions Andrew Baldwin

Biography

Andrew Baldwin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Durham University, UK.

Dug Cubie is a Lecturer in the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland.

Dimitra Manou is a Senior Researcher in the School of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Anja Mihr is the Programme Director of HUMBOLDT – VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human Rights, Berlin, Germany.

Teresa Thorp is CEO & Principal, Insight International (International Trade & Environmental Lawyers & Economists).

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