In this paper, the case study of the relocation of Newtok – an Indigenous community in Alaska – as a response to climate change is analyzed, exploring human rights issues surrounding climate-induced planned relocations. Newtok is an example of a coastal community that faces forced relocation due to repeated extreme weather, erosion, and the loss of protective coastal barriers.
The steps taken by federal, state, and tribal governments to support the relocation process are described. However, the absence of designated relocation funding means that agencies must rely on their own budgetary priorities to allocate resources.
The efforts of Newtok’s tribal government and the Newtok Planning Group are presented here as a model for other communities confronting relocation as a long-term climate adaptation strategy.
Learn more about this study here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315622217-9/human-rights-climate-induced-community-relocation-robin-bronen?context=ubx&refId=1e1dbd60-e8bc-46a9-959f-38dbb81629d4
Reference
Bronen, Robin (2017), “The human rights of climate-induced community relocation”, Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights, Routledge