Climate change and disasters (Forced Migration Review 49)

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Climate change and disasters (Forced Migration Review 49) episodes

June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Refugees, climate change and international law
How can the category of ‘climate refugee’ be considered within international law in the 21st century?
7 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Displacement as a consequence of climate change mitigation policies
Climate change mitigation policies and ‘green solutions’, such as biofuels, are also creating displacement.
10 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Statelessness and environmental displacement
Stateless people and migrants are at greater risk of displacement and are less likely to receive assistance; in turn, environmental displacement (especially multiple migrations) heightens the risk of becoming stateless.
5 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - A role for strategic litigation
Strategic litigation to protect individuals at risk can usefully support higher-level protection initiatives.
8 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Floods and migration in the Czech Republic
Residents’ strategies are generally aimed at either protection from or adaptation to flooding. Large-scale migration from the floodplains of rivers has not been seriously considered, even in high-risk zones.
6 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - 'One Safe Future’ in the Philippines
The Philippine government’s ‘One Safe Future’ programme relocated disaster-affected poor families in areas where structures enabling opportunities are lacking.
8 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Post-disaster resettlement in the Philippines: a risky strategy
Experience in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan suggests that resettlement as a strategy for mitigating disaster-induced displacement can create significant protection risks.
8 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Cross-border migration with dignity in Kiribati
The ‘migration with dignity’ policy is part of Kiribati’s long-term nation-wide relocation strategy.
3 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Land, disasters and mobility in the South Pacific
The adaptive characteristics of customary land systems deserve greater recognition in disaster or climate change policy frameworks.
5 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Not drowning but fighting: Pacific Islands activists
Focusing on climate-induced migration, rather than mitigation, can be at odds with grassroots demands and can make the future uninhabitability of some Pacific Islands appear as a foregone conclusion.
5 min

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In light of the projected increase in the frequency and intensity of disasters associated with climate change, the number of people displaced in the context of disasters will inevitably rise. Existing national, regional and international legal regimes, however, currently respond to only some of the protection concerns arising from such displacement. Crafting an appropriate response will demand a cross-sectoral approach that addresses different forms of human mobility and which also recognises the local knowledge, values and beliefs of affected communities. FMR 49 includes 36 articles on 'Disasters and displacement in a changing climate', five articles on 'Female genital mutilation (FGM) and asylum in Europe', and five 'general' articles.