The Impact of Climate Change and Forced Movement: an Overview of the Incompetence of Laws for Climate Change Refugees
| International Journal of Humanities and Social Science |
| © 2018 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal |
| Volume 5 Issue 2 |
| Year of Publication : 2018 |
| Authors : Linso Timungpi and Micky Teron |
10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V5I2P107
How to Cite?
Linso Timungpi and Micky Teron, "The Impact of Climate Change and Forced Movement: an Overview of the Incompetence of Laws for Climate Change Refugees," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 27-32, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V5I2P107
Abstract:
Climate change will force millions of people to flee their homes over the coming century. Rising sea levels threaten to envelop small islands. Desertification will make swaths of currently occupied land uninhabitable. More instance storms will drove people, at least temporarily, to relocate to safer ground. Studies predicts that by 2050 the number of climate change refugee may dwarf the number of traditional refugees that is those entitled protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention and its protocol of 1962. Climate change is an environmental aspect, but most researchers believe that human activities around the world contribute to it. There are a number of scenarios in which people could be displaced or forced to migrate due to climate change and extreme weather events. While many of the international convention has failed to address the climate change refugees, it is the appropriate time to address this issue and develop international legal and policy framework for the refugees like those of the traditional ones.
Keywords:
climate change, refugees, legal gap, UNFCC.
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