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 - Samoa: local knowledge, climate change and population movements
The voices of scientists, academics, politicians and development practitioners dominate the climate change debate, yet local knowledge, values and beliefs are essential elements of navigating the way forward for affected communities.
10 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Facilitating voluntary adaptive migration in the Pacific
Voluntary adaptive migration across int'l borders will be a critical component of an overall adaptation strategy for at-risk individuals and households in the Pacific in order to increase their resilience to natural hazards and prevent future displicement
7 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Integrating resilience in South Asia
Communities can strengthen their resilience by integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and poverty reduction measures.
5 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - “Everyone likes it here”
Sea-level rise threatens communities of the Lakshadweep islands. But what happens when belongingness, religious beliefs and the identity of being an islander make them stay?
5 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Building adaptive capacity in Assam
A starting point for adapting to longer-term climate change could be adaptation to short-term climate variability and extreme events. Making more informed choices about the use of remittances can enhance the adaptive capacity of receiving households.
7 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Mixed motivations and complex causality in the Mekong
Many climate change-affected communities have already been using migration as a means to adapt to and withstand the challenges to their livelihoods and security. Strengthening of existing protections for all migrants is clearly advantageous.
7 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - One good reason to speak of ‘climate refugees’
The concept of ‘environmental refugees’, or ‘climate refugees’, has been progressively abandoned, as having no legal basis. I want to argue that there are good reasons to use the term.
9 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Governance questions for the international community
The Nansen Initiative has highlighted significant questions about how the international community should collectively think about displacement and mobility issues relating to natural disasters and climate change, and how to improve the governance thereof.
16 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 - Building respectful solutions
Tribes in coastal Alaska and Louisiana in the United States are among the communities at immediate risk of displacement due to climate change impacts.
5 min
June 18, 2015 FMR 49 General - The Cartagena process: 30 years of innovation and solidarity
The 30th anniversary of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration offers the opportunity to consider the achievements of the Cartagena process and the specific characteristics that make it so remarkable.
11 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.