The Emerging Global Consensus on Climate Change and Human Mobility

This book examines whether a global consensus is emerging on climate change and human mobility and presents evidence of a slow-moving but dynamic, step-by-step process of international policy development on climate-related mobility. It offers a range of solutions to address climate-related mobility problems and examines the accumulating stock of international policies and initiatives relevant to climate-related mobility. Despite the difficult context, the foundations of global consensus on climate-related mobility have been built, particularly in the last decade.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 106 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the examination of whether a global consensus is gradually emerging on climate change and human mobility. It presents compelling evidence of a gradual yet dynamic process of international policy development pertaining to climate-related mobility. The author, Naser, conducts a thorough review of the various solutions proposed to address the challenges posed by climate-related migration and displacement. He explores a wide range of options, including extending the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention, adopting an additional protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or creating a new international treaty to provide support to individuals facing climate-related migration and displacement issues.

Naser employs a comprehensive framework of six policy areas, namely human rights, refugees, climate change, disaster risk reduction, migration, and sustainable development, to analyze the growing body of international policies and initiatives related to climate-related mobility. He utilizes this framework to define and summarize the key United Nations (UN) actions and milestones in this domain. Despite the challenging context characterized by the worsening impacts of climate change and the ongoing threats to human rights, Naser asserts that the foundations of global consensus on climate-related mobility have been solidly established, particularly in the past decade.

This book holds immense relevance for students, scholars, and policy-makers who are actively engaged in understanding the growing intersection between climate change and human mobility policy issues. It provides a valuable resource for those seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and challenges associated with addressing climate-related mobility, as well as the potential opportunities for collaboration and progress in this field.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367642693