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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795061603321

Autore

Kent Avidan

Titolo

Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees : An Argument for Developing Existing Principles and Practices / / by Avidan Kent and Simon Behrman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

1-351-17568-8

1-351-17570-X

1-351-17569-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement

Disciplina

362.8783

Soggetti

Environmental law, International

Environmental refugees - Legal status, laws, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Defining the legal hole -- Chapter 2: Why Climate Refugees? -- Chapter 3: Climate-Induced Migration and International Environmental Law -- Chapter 4: Filling the Institutional Gap -- Conclusion: Cautious Optimism?.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most significant impacts of climate change is migration. Yet, to date, climate-induced migrants are falling within what has been defined by some as a ‘protection gap’. This book addresses this issue, first by identifying precisely where the gap exists, by reviewing the relevant legal tools that are available for those who are currently, and who will in the future be displaced because of climate change. The authors then address the relevant actors; the identity of those deserving protection (displaced individuals), as well as other bearers of rights (migration-hosting states) and obligations (polluting states) The authors also address head-on the contentious topic of definitions, concluding with the provocative assertion that the term ‘climate refugees’ is indeed correct and should be relied upon. The second part of the book looks to the future by advocating specific legal and institutional pathways. Notably, the authors support the use of



international environmental law as the most adequate and suitable regime for the regulation of climate refugees. With respect to the role of institutions, the authors propose a model of ‘cross-governance’, through which a more inclusive and multi-faceted protection regime could be achieved. Addressing the regulation of climate refugees through a unique collaboration between a refugee lawyer and an environmental lawyer, this book will be of great interest to scholars and professionals in fields including international law, environmental studies, refugee studies and international relations.