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Reducing, preparing for and responding to disaster displacement. Integrating disaster displacement and other related forms of human mobility into regional, national, sub-national and local DRR strategies.

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UN 'can and should' recognize climate migrants

'To date, no international body has accepted responsibility for addressing the issue of climate migration, despite its importance as an emerging policy issue,' said Chris Gibb of the University of Montreal.' Together with James Ford of McGill University, Gibb examined in his paper the complexity of defining climate migrants...
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Should the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change recognize climate migrants?

This article addresses the expected increase of migration flows due to climate change, especially from socially and environmentally vulnerable populations, and the absence of official protection under international law, which has implications for the

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Planned relocation
These resources analyse how well-planned relocations can help to increase resilience and reduce disaster risk.

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