The emergence of climate change displacements and the challenge of building an effective legal framework

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• Introduction
• Title I: The climate change migrants
  • Chapter 1: The consequences of environmental change and its impact on human mobility
    • Section 1: General migration theories
• Title II-Climate change refugees and international law.
• Conclusion
• ANNEX.

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This work aims to examine the direct and indirect effects of climate change on population mobility and analyze the possible perspectives for those most directly affected. The goal is to understand how climate change is creating a new category of asylum seekers and the need for specific recognition and management by international law.

• The consequences of climate change on human mobility
• The challenges of managing climate change-induced migration
• The adequacy of current legal frameworks for addressing climate change refugees
• The need for a specific legal framework to address climate change-induced displacement
• The importance of global collaboration in preventing and managing climate change displacement

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The first chapter delves into general migration theories, exploring the classical macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives on migration. It highlights the "New Economics of Labor Migration," which emphasizes household decision-making and livelihood diversification as key drivers of migration, moving beyond the traditional focus on individual opportunity-seeking. The chapter examines push and pull factors, including poverty, lack of opportunities, employment prospects, and personal characteristics such as age, gender, and ethnicity. It also analyzes the role of geographical, infrastructural, and financial barriers in influencing migration patterns.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

Climate change, migration, displacement, refugees, asylum seekers, international law, legal framework, environmental change, human mobility, adaptation, poverty, livelihood diversification, push and pull factors.