Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law

Edited by Benoît Mayer, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong and François Crépeau, Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Professor in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada

'The breadth and depth this book brings to the legal issues surrounding climate-related displacement and migration are simply unmatched. The contributors explain the conceptual difficulties in identifying ''climate migrants,'' analyze the weaknesses in the current legal and institutional framework, identify gaps, and propose innovative solutions. The volume should be read by everyone interested in the topic, from those learning about it for the first time to policymakers trying to address one of the most difficult challenges climate change poses.'--John H. Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment and Wake Forest University, School of Law, US'While many publications on the climate change-migration nexus present a specific and oftentimes narrow approach to this topic, Mayer and Crépeau succeed in bringing together a wealth of different and sometimes contradicting perspectives. The Research Handbook is a comprehensive and thought-provoking collection of high-quality contributions and thus essential reading for everyone interested in the current state of art in a field that addresses one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century.'--Walter Kälin, University of Bern, Germany

• Contents: 1. IntroductionBenoît Mayer and François Crépeau, Part I Perspectives on the climate-migration nexus2. Climate-related migration and its linkages to vulnerability, adaptation, and socio-economic inequality: evidence from recent examplesRobert McLeman3. ‘Climate-induced migration’: ways forward in the face of an intrinsically equivocal concept Calum T.M. Nicholson4. Representation and misrepresentation of climate migrantsCarol FarbotkoPart II Existing laws and institutions5. The inadequacy of international refugee law in response to environmental migrationChristel Cournil6. The relevance of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement for the climate change-migration nexusElizabeth Ferris7. Climate Change, Human Rights and Migration: A Legal Analysis of Challenges and OpportunitiesSiobhán McInerney-Lankford8. Indigenous peoples, climate migration and international human rights law in Africa, with reflections on the relevance of the Kampala ConventionAdemola Oluborode Jegede9. International Climate Change Law PerspectivesMaxine Burkett10. Displacement Due to Responses to Climate Change: The Role of a Rights-Based ApproachSébastien Jodoin, Kathryn Hansen and Caylee Hong11. Climate change, migration and the law of State responsibilityBenoit Mayer12. Regional responses to climate change and migration in Latin AmericaErika Pires Ramos and Fernanda de Salles Cavedon Capdeville13. Organizational perspectives: International Organization for Migration’s role and perspectives on climate change, migration and the law Gervais Appave, Alice Sironi, Mariam Traore Chazalnoel, Dina Ionesco and Daria Mokhnacheva 14. Organizational Perspective from the International Labour OrganizationSophia Kagan, Meredith Byrne and Michelle Leighton15. Engaging the media on climate-linked migrationAlex RandallPart III Ways forward?16. Ethical Duties to Climate MigrantsKatrina M. Wyman17. When climate-induced migration meets loss and damage: a weakening agenda-setting process?Chloé Anne Vlassopoulos 18. The refugees of the AnthropoceneFrançois Gemenne19. Towards a Global Governance System to Protect Climate Migrants: Taking StockFrank Biermann and Ingrid Boas20. Towards a Climate Change Displacement FacilityIlona Millar and Kylie Wilson21. Towards an extension of complementary protection?Susan F. Martin22. AfterwordJames C. HathawayIndex