Climate Migration

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.

Foreword, Betsy Hartmann (Hampshire College, USA)

Introduction, Calum TM Nicholson (Cambridge University, UK) and Benoit Mayer (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Part I: Content

1. Conceptualizing ‘Climate Migration’, Calum TM Nicholson (Cambridge University, UK)

2. Climate Change-Disaster-Migration: Manufacturing a Nexus, Ilan Kelman (University College London, UK and University of Agder, Norway)

3. 'Climate Migration’? Empirical Insights and Conceptual Cautions from Political Ecology and Migration Studies, Gunvor Jónsson (Office for National Statistics, UK)

Part II: Context

4. The ‘Others’ in John Lanchester’s The Wall, Gregory White (Smith College, USA)

5. Obstacles to Action on ‘Climate Migration’: A Story of Persistent Analytical and Political Ambiguity, David Durand-Delacre (UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany)

6. The View from the Fortress: European Governance Perspectives on Climate Change and Migration, Sarah Louise Nash (University for Continuity Education Krems, Austria)

7. Race, Migration, and Climate Change: A Cautionary Note, Andrew Baldwin (Durham University, UK)

Part III: Implications for Research, Policy, and Law

8. Identifying as a ‘Climate Migrant’: Implications for Law, Policy, and Research, Carol Farbotko (Griffith University, Australia)

9. International Law, the Climate-Migration Nexus, and Teitiota v New Zealand, Giovanna Lauria (Court of Padua, Italy)

10. De-Conceptualizing ‘Climate Migration’, Benoit Mayer (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Conclusion, Calum TM Nicholson (Cambridge University, UK) and Benoit Mayer (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)