Environmental refugees
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Refugee alternatives 2018: improving policy, practice and public support
This publication outlines the outcomes of the second annual Refugee Alternatives conference, held in February 2018. The two-day conference, hosted at the University of Melbourne, brought together a broad range of expertise from across the country and globally to cover topics of displacement, protection, cooperation...
Report
Global trends: forced displacement in 2018
The refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate has nearly doubled since 2012. In 2018, the increase was driven particularly by internal displacement in Ethiopia and asylum-seekers fleeing Venezuela. The proportion of the world’s population who were displaced also continued to rise, as the world’s forcibly displaced...
Strategy
A call to action: transforming the global refugee system
This resource outlines a plan of action for governments and stakeholders to make the refugee response system fair, effective and efficient for refugees and governments alike.
Journal article
A plan nobody hopes they will need: New Zealand and climate change migration
This article examines four key areas of concern that will have to be dealt with if an effective policy on climate change-induced migration is to be developed.
Report
Addressing the challenges of climate-induced migration and presenting future adaptation strategies to enable stronger cooperation between Australia and its Pacific neighbours
This paper analyses the role of industrialised countries, specifically Australia and New Zealand, and their efforts and policies aimed at assisting vulnerable Pacific island communities over any future climate-induced migration.
Report
Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific
This report marks the conclusion of an ADB-financed technical assistance project launched to generate policy responses to migration stimulated by climate-related factors. It represents the first significant effort to identify policy and other responses to impacts of environment events on human mobility within the Asia...
Report
Climate change performance index: results 2018
This review charts the efforts that have been made to avoid dangerous climate change, and also evaluates the various countries’ current efforts regarding the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Report
Stronger together: safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties
Greater Australian engagement in the Pacific Islands region is needed if Canberra wants to ensure regional stability and underpin Australia’s national security.
Journal article
A dispute in the making: a critical examination of displacement, climate change and the Pacific Islands
The purpose of this paper is to present a forward-looking case of climate change induced displacement in the Pacific Islands as a multidimensional phenomenon with a moral dimension.
Report
Labour mobility: the ten billion dollar prize
Pacific Island countries face unique development challenges. They are far away from major markets, often with small populations spread across many islands and vast distances, and are at the forefront of climate change and its impacts. Because of this, much research has focused on the...