Climate change, migration and human rights law and policy perspectives

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-256) and index.

Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights / Dimitra Manou, Anja Mihr -- Governance and Climate Change-induced Mobility : International and Regional Frameworks / Elizabeth Ferris -- Critical Perspective on the Identification of 'Environmental Refugees' as a Category of Human Rights Concern / Benoît Mayer -- Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights : Legal and Policy Approaches -- Climate Justice, Migration and Human Rights / Anja Mihr -- Transitional Law in the Climate Change Context / Teresa Thorp -- State Responsibility to Prevent Climate Displacement : The Importance of Housing, Land and Property Rights / Ezekiel Simperingham -- In-Situ Adaptation : Non-Migration as a Coping Strategy for Vulnerable Persons / Dug Cubie -- Climate Migration and Conflicts : A Self-fulfilling Prophecy / Lennart Olsson -- The Human Rights of Climate-Induced Community Relocation / Robin Bronen -- Land Matters : Challenges to Planned Relocation as a Durable Solution to Environmentally Induced Displacement in Kenya / Jeanette Schade -- Politicising Climate Change Adaptation : Negotiating Environmental Migration in the European Union and the Pacific / Silja Klepp & Johannes Herbeck -- Climate and Community : The Human Rights, Livelihood, and Migration Impacts of Climate Change / Brooke Ackerly, Mujibul Anam, Jonathan Gilligan & Steven Goodbred -- Labour Mobility Options as Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Changes / Elisa Fornalé -- Conclusions : On the Politics of Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights / Andrew Baldwin.

"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 this field, Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights offers a fresh perspective on human rights law and policy issues in the climate change regime by examining the interrelationships between various aspects of human rights, climate change and migration. Three key themes are explored: understanding the concepts of human dignity, human rights and human security; the theoretical nexus between human rights, climate change and migration or displacement; and the practical implications and challenges for lawyers and policy-makers of protecting human dignity in the face of climate change and displacement. The book also includes a series of case studies from Alaska, Bangladesh, Kenya and the Pacific islands which aim to improve our understanding of the theoretical and practical implications of climate change for human rights and migration. This book will be of great interest to scholars of environmental law and policy, human rights law, climate change, and migration and refugee studies" --