Climate Refugees

Simon Behrman is a lecturer at the Law School at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.Avidan Kent is a lecturer at the University of East Anglia, UK, and a Fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (McGill/Cambridge University).

• Acknowledgments List of EditorsList of Contributors List of AbbreviationsPART I: FOUNDATIONS Chapter 1: Overcoming the Legal Impasse? Setting the scene Chapter 2: ‘Climate Refugees’: A Legal Mapping Exercise Chapter 3: A New Category of Refugees? 'Climate Refugees' and a Gaping Hole in International Law Chapter 4: Norm Formalization in International Policy Cooperation - A Framework for Analysis PART II: DEFINING AND CATEGORISING Chapter 5: Justice and Climate Migration: The Importance of Nomenclature in the Discourse on Twenty-First Century Mobility Chapter 6: Who Are "Climate Refugees"? Academic Engagement in the Post-Truth Era PART III: GOVERNING CLIMATE REFUGEES: THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 7: Advancing the Global Governance of Climate Migration through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Global Compact on Migration: Perspectives from the International Organization for Migration Chapter 8: Enhancing Legal Protection for People Displaced in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 9: State-Led, Regional, Consultative Processes: Opportunities to Develop Legal Frameworks on Disaster Displacement PART IV: REGULATING CLIMATE REFUGEES WITHIN EXISTING LEGAL REGIMES Chapter 10: Drawing Upon International Refugee Law: The Precautionary Approach to Protecting Climate Change-Displaced Persons Chapter 11: Public International Law’s Applicability to Migration as Adaptation: Fit for Purpose? Chapter 12: Climate Migrants’ Right to Enjoy their Culture Chapter 13: Beyond the Shortcomings of International Law: A Proposal for the Legal Protection of Climate MigrantsPART V: ENVISIONING SUI GENERIS PATHWAYS Chapter 14: Towards an International Legal Status of Environmentally Displaced Persons Chapter 15: Cross-Border Displacement Due to Environmental Disaster: A Proposal for UN Guiding Principles to Fill the Legal Protection Gap Chapter 16: Global Governance to Protect Future Climate Refugees