Case Study 7.5
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Case study 7.5: Climate change refugees (p. 361)
Legal & Policy:
For more on the legal status of climate change refugees, see Angela Williams, ‘Turning the Tide: Recognising Climate Change Refugees in International Law’ (2008) 30 Law and Policy 502; Bonnie Docherty and Tyler Giannini, ‘Confronting a Rising Tide: a Proposal for a Convention on Climate Change Refugees’ (2009) 33 Harvard Environmental Law Review 349; Frank Biermann and Ingrid Boas, ‘Preparing for a Warmer World: Towards A Global Governance System to Protect Climate Refugees’ (Global Governance Project, Global Governance Working Paper No 33, 2007).
For more information on projected climate change refugees, see Richard Black, Environmental Refugees: Myth or Reality? (UNHCR, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper No. 34, 2001) and Stephen Castles, Environmental Change and Forced Migration: Making Sense of the Debate (UNHCR, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper No. 70, 2002) (both available at the UNHCR website: www.unhcr.org); Tamer Afifi & Koko Warner, The Impact of Environmental Degradation on Migration Flows Across Countries (UN University - Institute for Environment & Human Security, Working Paper No. 5/2008, 2008) available at the UN University website (http://www.ehs.unu.edu/); Benjamin Preston et al., CSIRO, Climate Change in the Asia/Pacific Region: A Consultancy Report Prepared for the Climate Change and Development Roundtable (2006) available from CSIRO website (www.csiro.au).
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