Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees: An Argument for Developing Existing Principles and Practices

Cover
Half title
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of acronyms
Introduction
	I. A problem that cannot be ignored
	II. The potential for solutions
1 Defining the \'legal hole\'
	I. Introduction
	II. Mapping the legal framework
	III. Analysing the legal framework
	IV. The way forward
	V. Obstacles on the way to effective regulation
	VI. Conclusion
2 Why \'climate refugees\'?
	I. Introduction
	II. The refugee definition: an evolving concept
	III. Addressing the \'why not\' arguments
	IV. How to identify the relationship between climate change and forced migration?
	V. Will states accept a new category of climate refugee?
	VI. Conclusion
3 Climate-induced migration and international environmental law
	I. Introduction
	II. Why environmental law? Three key factors/elements
	III. Approaching climatr-induced migration: beyond the environmental regime
	IV. Conclusion
4 Filling the institutional gap
	I. Introduction
	II. The lead agencies: UNHCR and IOM
	III. Remedying the institutional gap
	IV. Conclusion
Conclusion: cautious optimism?
	I. Final observations
	II. Future research agenda
Selected bibliography
Index