Climate Change Archives - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Climate-Related Human Mobility in Asia and the Pacific: Interdisciplinary Rights-Based Approaches

This publication is the culmination of the Asia Pacific Conference on the Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Human Rights Nexus, hosted by the RWI Regional Asia Pacific Office in 2022. It brings together 13 papers, based on abstracts presented … Continue reading » “Climate-Related Human Mobility in Asia and the Pacific: Interdisciplinary Rights-Based Approaches”

Discussion Paper on Biosphere Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean

Discussion Paper on Biosphere Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean & Written comments to the Escazu Agreement’s Draft Regional Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters. By the Glawcal Lab at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute with The … Continue reading » “Discussion Paper on Biosphere Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean”

A Bibliometric Analysis of Research at the Nexus of Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Human Rights

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) has developed this bibliometric analysis of existing literature at the nexus of work on climate change, human mobility, and human rights.

Climate change affects people and communities in a … Continue reading » “A Bibliometric Analysis of Research at the Nexus of Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Human Rights”

Disaster-related displacement into Europe: Judicial practice in Austria and Sweden

This report is based on research conducted in the context of the project ‘ClimMobil – Judicial and policy responses to climate change-related mobility in the European Union with a focus on Austria and Sweden’ (KR18AC0K14747) funded by the Austrian Climate … Continue reading » “Disaster-related displacement into Europe: Judicial practice in Austria and Sweden”

Nordic Norms, Natural Disasters, and International Protection

In international law, new norms can emerge through the identification and development of effective practices. This article examines Swedish, Finnish and, less closely, other Nordic countries’ contributions to the slow process of norm emergence in relation to cross-border displacement in … Continue reading » “Nordic Norms, Natural Disasters, and International Protection”

Climate Change, Disasters and Internal Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Human Rights-Based Approach

Dr. Matthew Scott, head of our thematic area People on the Move, has published an edited volume on the topic of internal displacement.

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in … Continue reading » “Climate Change, Disasters and Internal Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Human Rights-Based Approach”

Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention

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Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention

Dr Matthew Scott, Head of our People on the Move Thematic Area, has published a monograph examining the application of … Continue reading » “Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention”

Background Brief: Key International Standards and Guidelines Relating to Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change

This Background Brief sets out key international standards and guidelines relating to displacement in the context of disasters and climate change. Recognising that the volume of even those standards and guidelines that are directly relevant to disaster displacement runs into … Continue reading » “Background Brief: Key International Standards and Guidelines Relating to Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change”