December 2008
Climate of Displacement, Climate for Protection?
Small boy at nursery in drought-affected southern Turkana, Kenya.
This paper looks at existing categories of forced migration in the context of climate change to analyze protection possibilities. It explores the types of displacement that are likely to be triggered by climate change, identifies the protection possibilities and gaps in existing international law and reviews possible mechanisms and tools to address these gaps.
© 2008 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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Vikram Kolmannskog
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