Climate Change, Environmental Refugees, and Human Rights in the Middle East

Mahmood Monshipouri is professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPart I: Concepts, Frameworks, and the Research AgendaChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: A Political Framework: Environmental Security and ActivismChapter 3: A Socioeconomic Framework: Refugees’ Right to WorkChapter 4: A Legal Framework: Making a Case for Climate RefugeesPart II: Political Tensions, Refugee Crisis, and Climate ChangeChapter 5: Turkey: Refugees, Forced Migration, and Climate ChangeChapter 6: Egypt: The Growing Relevance of Climate Change PoliticsChapter 7: Syria: Climate Change and Syrian Civil War ReexaminedChapter 8: Yemen: The War, Human Security, and the EnvironmentPart III: Environmental Decline, Political Economy, and Adaptation PlansChapter 9: Iran: Environmental Decline, Climate Displacement, and Growing ProtestsChapter 10: GCC: Climate Change and the Political Economy of AdaptationChapter 11: Morocco: Politics, Green Investment, and Adaptation PlansChapter 12: Conclusion: Weighing the Uncertainty