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Lauren Sakae Nishimura is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne Law School. Her research explores how international obligations can contribute to efforts to adapt to climate change, including through anticipatory measures that account for human mobility. Dr Nishimura has more than a decade of experience as a litigator, advocate, and researcher in the United States, Southeast Asia, and with UN agencies and other international organizations. She received her DPhil in Law and an MSt in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and a BA from Vassar College.
The drivers and effects of human mobility in the age of climate change are highly complex, and terms such as 'climate refugees' and 'climate migrants' unhelpfully simplify the plight of the people whose futures are at stake. Acknowledging the intricate nature of the problem, Nishimura's book puts forward the notion of adaptive mobility, thereby offering a new way of thinking that is rights-based, people-centred, and forward-looking. Combining an in-depth analysis of states' international legal obligations related to adaptation with novel insights from various regions severely impacted by the climate crisis, Nishimura has crafted an essential resource for scholars and practitioners looking for appropriate legal responses to climate-related human mobility. * Harro van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law, University of Cambridge * This timely book offers a fresh and compelling approach to climate mobility. By placing the international climate change regime front and centre, Nishimura shows how states' adaptation commitments could be better leveraged to help avert displacement, protect people from foreseeable risks of serious harm, and safeguard fundamental rights and resources. This thoughtfully crafted work is a must-read for scholars working on human mobility in the context of climate change and disasters. * Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Director of the Evacuations Research Hub, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney * While it is still debated whether and when migration is a way for affected people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, or rather a particularly salient example of non-economic loss and damage, Lauren Sakae Nishimura's highly innovative book turns the discussion on its head. By asking how climate adaptation measures can help people stay in place or facilitate their migration in safety and dignity, and by exploring the benefits of integrating international human rights guarantees into states' adaptation obligations under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, she offers a new approach to climate change and human mobility. This approach has enormous conceptual and practical potential. * Walter Kälin, Professor Emeritus of Constitutional and International Law, University of Bern, and Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement * This book is a timely and rigorous response to the question of how the obligations of states in the climate change regime interact with established protections from human rights law. Nishimura's voice rings clearly on how states must anticipate the needs of individuals and communities who move away from the harm caused by changing temperatures and weather patterns. States' duties to take account of the needs of other states (drawing on equity and other principles from the Paris Agreement) are also significant. The arguments showcase specialist legal and policy analysis as well as a broader examination of systemic integration in public international law. * Margaret A. Young, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne *
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