Book contents
- Climate Refugees
- Series page
- Climate Refugees
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An Alternative Introduction: An Interview with the Editors, Which Never Took Place
- Part I Global Governance
- Part II International Law
- Part III Regional and Local Perspectives and Solutions
- Part IV Critical Approaches
- 16 Environmental Justice and Climate-Induced Migration
- 17 Coping with Climate Change: A Critical Review of the Link between the Human Rights System and Climate Displacement
- 18 The IOM as a ‘UN-Related’ Organisation, and the Potential Consequences for People Displaced by Climate Change
- 19 Climate Refugees: Is Litigation an Effective Strategy?
- Index
16 - Environmental Justice and Climate-Induced Migration
from Part IV - Critical Approaches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2022
- Climate Refugees
- Series page
- Climate Refugees
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An Alternative Introduction: An Interview with the Editors, Which Never Took Place
- Part I Global Governance
- Part II International Law
- Part III Regional and Local Perspectives and Solutions
- Part IV Critical Approaches
- 16 Environmental Justice and Climate-Induced Migration
- 17 Coping with Climate Change: A Critical Review of the Link between the Human Rights System and Climate Displacement
- 18 The IOM as a ‘UN-Related’ Organisation, and the Potential Consequences for People Displaced by Climate Change
- 19 Climate Refugees: Is Litigation an Effective Strategy?
- Index
Summary
Due to its complexity, climate-induced migration can be explored from different angles and disciplines. Over the past decades, scholars and practitioners engaged with this topic have extensively discussed the terminology in use, the (still) controversial link between human mobility and climate change, and the legal status of those fleeing environmental disruptions. However, a comprehensive understanding of the justice-related angle of this issue seems underdeveloped. What precisely is the ‘injustice’ where people forced to migrate because of slow-onset, rapid-onset, or extreme-weather-related events are concerned? The following chapter seeks to answer this question by examining climate-induced migration through the lens of environmental justice (EJ). To this end, the chapter proceeds first by analysing the EJ paradigm, its origin, and its main features. Second, it justifies the choice of using this concept by emphasising how its multidisciplinary nature, multidimensional understanding of justice, and multi-scale (spatial and temporal) approach well suit climate-induced migration. Finally, it presents a proposal to remedy the injustice of climate-induced migration with an EJ-oriented pathway. This proposal introduces a community-based EJ approach rooted in the notion of collective capabilities.
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- Climate RefugeesGlobal, Local and Critical Approaches, pp. 301 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022