CLIMATE REFUGEES: UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES FOR CLIMATE REFUGEES
Journal Title: Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies - Year 2021, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
People are forced to leave their regions or countries because of the various effects of climate change. Insufficient water resources, floods, drought and rise of sea level are among the consequences of climate change. Various names are given to the people who have to leave their countries and their region due to the natural disasters such as environmental refugees, climate refugees, and environmentally displaced people. These people remain outside of the legal refugee definition declared by the 1951 Geneva Convention since exposure to environmental factors is not seen as a condition of being a refugee. Thus, they cannot directly benefit from the rights and responsibilities provided to the refugees with the 1951 Geneva Convention. Although climate change is on the agenda of most countries today, the problems of people affected by climate change cannot attract the attention of the international community. Since the impacts of climate change affect certain regions of the countries that are currently exposed, the persons who are living the negative effects of this change cannot reach a solution other than relocation within the home country. It is unclear how the world states will act if an island nation is destroyed by rising sea levels in the near future. Moreover, the current refugee regime does not recognize people affected by the climate change as a refugee. The need for the international protection of these persons in international law is vital, however, still there is no legal basis established for their status. The main question here is how the international community will find a solution to the problem of climate refugees, which will become inevitable in the future. In this study, the problems of climate refugees and the solutions offered to these problems have been mentioned.
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Tuğçe KARAGÖZ
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