In this article, the issue of climate displacement as one of the most significant humanitarian and human rights challenges of the twenty-first century is considered.
It begins by outlining the global scale of the issue and the particular vulnerabilities faced by people displaced by climate-related hazards, and then proceeds to explore the normative foundations of state responsibility to prevent climate displacement and describes the measures governments can take to fulfill this obligation.
It also emphasizes how poor and marginalized populations are disproportionately affected in all countries.
Conclusions assess how climate displacement requires coordinated legislative, policy, and practical actions across disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and development.
Additionally, it explains how effective prevention must also build on international cooperation, supported by strong domestic legal and policy frameworks at national, regional, and global levels.
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Reference
Simperingham, Ezekiel (2017), “State responsibility to prevent climate displacement”,
Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights, Routledge