Climate Migration: Critical Perspectives for Law, Policy, and Research

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Calum Nicholson (University of Cambridge, UK) Benoit Mayer (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Climate Migration

Critical Perspectives for Law, Policy, and Research

Calum Nicholson (University of Cambridge, UK), Benoit Mayer (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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English

Hart Publishing
20 March 2025

Citizenship & nationality law; Environment law

This book investigates the epistemological and ethical challenges faced by studies exploring the relations between climate change and human migration. At the heart of the contemporary preoccupation with climate change is a concern for its societal impacts. Among these, its presumed effect on human migration is perhaps the most politically resonant, regardless of whether that politics is oriented towards human or national security.

There is, however, a problem: research on the causal link between climate change and migration has shown it to be a highly equivocal one. By extension, it remains unclear what - if any - response is required from law and policy.

Carefully structured to guide the reader through the issue of 'climate migration' in a logical and rigorous manner, this book is the first to bring together key critiques, caveats, and cautions in order to systematically examine the challenges facing law, policy, and research on the topic.

At a time in which both the effects of climate change and the causes of migration are of great public and political interest, and in which these interests are often fraught with sentiment and freighted with politics, the book brings dispassionately critical perspectives to bear on a topic that desperately needs it.

Edited by: Calum Nicholson (University of Cambridge UK), Benoit Mayer (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781509961788
ISBN 10: 150996178X
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Calum Nicholson is Tutor and Lecturer at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Benoit Mayer is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Reviews for Climate Migration: Critical Perspectives for Law, Policy, and Research

Taken as a whole, the book is a persuasive and timely exposure to the lack of a scientifically demonstrated causal link between climate and migration, despite the work of law and policy experts that suggests otherwise. * Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences *