Climate change and migration : South Pacific perspectives
"Many South Pacific island states are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Indeed, some are already experiencing population movement due to environmental events and processes likely to be exacerbated by future climate change. Yet others are at risk of disappearing altogether over the coming century and beyond. The potential for climate change to generate population movement over the coming decades, therefore, raises substantial domestic and international policy challenges. This edited volume is the result of a conference held in Wellington in July 2009 that examined these and related issues. Drawing on a range of perspectives, this volume identifies concepts, frameworks, and possible policy responses to deal effectively with what may become one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of the 21st century"--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2010
Institute of Policy Studies, Wellington [N.Z.], 2010
Conference papers and proceedings
xiv, 184 pages ; 22 cm
9781877347405, 187734740X
655800997
Climate change and migration in the South Pacific region : policy perspectives / Philippe Boncour and Bruce Burson
Climate change and population movement in Pacific Island countries / John Campbell
Migration as climate change adaptation : implications for the Pacific / Jon Barnett and Natasha Chamberlain
From community to Copenhagen : civil society action on climate change in the Pacific / Marianne Elliott and David Fagan
International migration and climate change : a post-Copenhagen perspective on options for Kiribati and Tuvalu / Richard Beford and Charlotte Bedford
Potential impacts of climate change migration on Pacific families living in New Zealand / Deborah McLeod
Proecting the rights of people displaced by climate change : global issues and regional perspectives / Bruce Burson
Appendix. Climate change and migration in the South Pacific region : policy perspectives conference : speakers and presentations