Essays about: "climate refugees"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 essays containing the words climate refugees.

  1. 11. Beyond Climate Victims and Climate Saviours : Shifting the Debate on Migration-As-Adaptation Narratives

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Kenna Lorraine Sim; [2021]
    Keywords : climate migration; climate refugees; climate change adaptation; resilience; gender mainstreaming; migration management; decoloniality; sustainable development;

    Abstract : The nexus between migration and climate change is a topic that has received growing attention in both policymaking and mainstream media. While it has long been acknowledged that gender shapes the migratory process and the impacts of climate change are gendered, most discussions concerning migration and climate change have failed to incorporate a gender perspective into their analysis. READ MORE

  3. 12. Refuge from Climate Change? : The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ICCPR and the ECHR in the Context of Climate Change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joel Herrault; [2021]
    Keywords : non-refoulement; climate refugees; climate change; human rights law; ECHR article 3; ECtHR; ICCPR articles 6 and 7; United Nations Human Rights Committee; slow onset processes; climate change effects; klimatflyktingar; non-refoulement; EKMR artikel 3; ICCPR artikel 6 och 7;

    Abstract : In the early 1990s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the gravest effects of climate change could be on human migration, as millions would be displaced by coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. Today, this is considered a reality that is coming ever closer. READ MORE

  4. 13. Beyond survival: Building resilient communities through co-creation for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

    University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Author : Lamia Ahmed; Mariia Smoliakova; [2021]
    Keywords : Refugees; Bangladesh; co-creation; climate change; temporality;

    Abstract : With our project, we are focusing on the Rohingya refugee issue. In 2017 thousands of people had to cross the borders of Myanmar due to mass genocide triggered by ethnic cleansing and around 800,000 of them flee to Bangladesh as refugees. READ MORE

  5. 14. Climate Change and Forced Migration : How Climate Refugees fit into EU Asylum Law

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Tedenljung; [2020]
    Keywords : climate change; climate refugees; European union; migration; teitiota; asylum law; climate migration; CEAS; Common European Asylum System;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humankind and its effects will hit the most vulnerable persons disproportionately hard. Several millions of people risk displacement due to environmental hazards, natural disasters and climate mediated conflicts, influencing migration patterns across the world. READ MORE

  6. 15. Who is a climate refugee? A critical discursive analysis on what the factors are for the EU not reaching a common definition for the term climate refugee

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Amanda Galfi Björkman; [2020]
    Keywords : climate refugees; EU;

    Abstract : There is a global concern for climate induced migration and a concern on how to tackle climate refugees. Climate refugees is a term that is not yet defined both internationally and at a European Union level. This thesis is researching the relation between climate refugees and the European Union. READ MORE