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16 - Environmental Justice and Climate-Induced Migration

from Part IV - Critical Approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Simon Behrman
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Avidan Kent
Affiliation:
University of East Anglia
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Summary

Due to its complexity, climate-induced migration can be explored from different angles and disciplines. Over the past decades, scholars and practitioners engaged with this topic have extensively discussed the terminology in use, the (still) controversial link between human mobility and climate change, and the legal status of those fleeing environmental disruptions. However, a comprehensive understanding of the justice-related angle of this issue seems underdeveloped. What precisely is the ‘injustice’ where people forced to migrate because of slow-onset, rapid-onset, or extreme-weather-related events are concerned? The following chapter seeks to answer this question by examining climate-induced migration through the lens of environmental justice (EJ). To this end, the chapter proceeds first by analysing the EJ paradigm, its origin, and its main features. Second, it justifies the choice of using this concept by emphasising how its multidisciplinary nature, multidimensional understanding of justice, and multi-scale (spatial and temporal) approach well suit climate-induced migration. Finally, it presents a proposal to remedy the injustice of climate-induced migration with an EJ-oriented pathway. This proposal introduces a community-based EJ approach rooted in the notion of collective capabilities.

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Climate Refugees
Global, Local and Critical Approaches
, pp. 301 - 319
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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