Although climate-related litigation has been a growing global concern, the author of this paper notices that climate mobility in itself has seldom been the subject of relevant case law.
Only human rights bodies in particular have begun to make progress in legal developments in the sphere of climate mobility.
In this paper, a 2022 determination by the UN Human Rights Committee is examined, which concerns the habitability of a small island setting – Australia’s Torres Strait Islands – under climate change conditions and the legal responsibilities of nation states to abide by their international human rights obligations in implementing timely adaptation measures, which could help to ensure continued habitation.
Learn more about this paper here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.1061474
Reference
Thornton F (2022) The future is now: Climate displacement and human rights obligations—a note on recent developments in the UN Human Rights Committee. Front. Clim. 4:1061474