Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees ... - 9780367892258

Taylor & Francis

Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate RefugeesAn Argument for Developing Existing Principles and Practices\nAuthor(s): Avidan Kent, Simon Behrman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367892258, 978-0367892258\nSynopsis\nOne 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 definition.