Do Climate Change 'Refugees' Exist? UNSW Law Professorial Lecture

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Do Climate Change 'Refugees' Exist? - Professor Jane McAdam, 29 July 2011, 1-2pm

We have heard the predictions that some 250 million people may be displaced by climate change by 2050, and that small Pacific island nations such as Tuvalu and Kiribati may disappear altogether. Are these dire predictions likely to come true, and if so, are existing legal and policy frameworks adequately equipped to assist people seeking protection from climate change? Drawing on fieldwork undertaken in small Pacific islands and in Bangladesh and India, this lecture will examine the nature of climate-related movement; whether expanding the protection offered by international refugee law and human rights law is feasible; and what other solutions might be appropriate.

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