Type

Book section

Author(s)

Corendea, C.
Mani, T.

Title

Chapter 25 – The Progression of Climate Change, Human Rights, and Human Mobility in the Context of Transformative Resilience—A Perspective Over the Pacific A2 – Zommers, Zinta

Date

2018

Editor(s)

Alverson, Keith

Book Title

Resilience

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Abstract The preliminary findings of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report (AR5) Chapter 19 recognize the emergent risk and key vulnerabilities related to climate change and migration. Climate change will bear significant consequences for human migration flows “at particular times and places,” creating risks as well as benefits for migrants and for sending and receiving regions and states (high confidence) [19.4.2.1]. The international community is already developing solutions and approaches to the impacts of migration related to climate change. However, this long-term process requires global comprehensive and sustainable solutions with the support of a human rights framework. The human rights and migration relationship needs to be brought into the climate change process at the local, national, and regional/international level in order to protect rights, reduce risks, build resilience, and empower people. This is particularly important in the context of the Paris Agreement’s implementation period, as it will inform the domestic frameworks dealing with environmental risks. Based on the AXA research project in the Pacific, which analyzes inter alia, the risks associated with international climate policies implementation into domestic climate change frameworks, this chapter aims to address the interrelation and interconnection between climate change, human rights and human mobility with a strong emphasize on regionalism (bottom-up approach) and the rights-based approach.

Citation

Corendea, C. and T. Mani (2018). Chapter 25 – The Progression of Climate Change, Human Rights, and Human Mobility in the Context of Transformative Resilience—A Perspective Over the Pacific A2 – Zommers, Zinta. Resilience. K. Alverson, Elsevier: 305-316. URL : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128118917000256