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What is Climate Change and Displacement Risks

Chapter 14
Global Trends in Governance and Policy Paradigms
The chapter links climate change to increasing risks of displacement. It underscores how climate change intensifies environmental changes, leading to higher vulnerability and displacement risks. This connection is crucial for understanding the growing scale of environmental migration and the urgent need for international action.
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Navigating the Gap: Protecting Human Rights in the Era of Environmental Migration
Abhinash Mohanta (KIIT University, India), Akash Bag (Adamas University, India), Shreya (Soa University, India), and Kumud Choudhary (Adamas University, India)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1742-6.ch014
Abstract
Human migration has helped populations survive harsh environments. However, international law has mostly addressed migration caused by persecution, conflict, and war, leaving environmental migrants unprotected. This chapter critically evaluates four essential international human rights and environmental law tools to protect environmental refugees. These include the refugee convention, complementary protection, guiding principles on internal displacement, and UNFCCC. By carefully analyzing these instruments, it becomes clear that they cannot fully address environmental migration. This constraint highlights the need for a separate international mechanism to address environmental displacement. The instrument should strengthen affected populations' resilience and assist in relocation.
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