Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees : An Argument for Developing Existing Principles and Practices

Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- I. A problem that cannot be ignored -- II. The potential for solutions -- 1 Defining the 'legal hole' -- I. Introduction -- II. Mapping the legal framework -- III. Analysing the legal framework -- IV. The way forward -- V. Obstacles on the way to effective regulation -- VI. Conclusion -- 2 Why 'climate refugees'? -- I. Introduction -- II. The refugee definition: an evolving concept -- III. Addressing the 'why not' arguments -- IV. How to identify the relationship between climate change and forced migration? -- V. Will states accept a new category of climate refugee? -- VI. Conclusion -- 3 Climate-induced migration and international environmental law -- I. Introduction -- II. Why environmental law? Three key factors/elements -- III. Approaching climatr-induced migration: beyond the environmental regime -- IV. Conclusion -- 4 Filling the institutional gap -- I. Introduction -- II. The lead agencies: UNHCR and IOM -- III. Remedying the institutional gap -- IV. Conclusion -- Conclusion: cautious optimism? -- I. Final observations -- II. Future research agenda -- Selected bibliography -- Index