The climate refugee – a new legal-political category

Alexandra Pereira

Resumo

Climate change has given rise to increasing phenomena involving the displacement of affected people or groups across different regions or countries around the world. Climate displacement accompanies global inequalities. However, the concept of climate refugees corresponds to a status of legal-political protection that has not been internationally recognized yet. Based on a systematic literature review comparing definitions of the category of “climate refugees” proposed by different authors, as well as based on online media data, I propose a broader and more humanistic definition for the concept of “climate refugees”. Desirably, contributing to the societal debate on the harmonized international legal framework required for the recognition of such legal protection status and juridical-political category. Thus, I open the way to a definition of “climate refugees” within the framework of integral human development and its correlative concept of integral ecology.

Idioma original	English
Número de páginas	24
Estado da publicação	Publicado - 2023
Evento	XII Portuguese National Congress of Sociology: Polarized Sociesties: Challenges for Sociology? - University of Coimbra , Coimbra Duração: 4 abr. 2023 → 6 abr. 2023 https://xii-congresso-aps.eventqualia.net/pt/2023/inicio/

Conferência

Conferência	XII Portuguese National Congress of Sociology: Polarized Sociesties: Challenges for Sociology?
País/Território	Portugal
Cidade	Coimbra
Período	4/04/23 → 6/04/23
Endereço da Internet	https://xii-congresso-aps.eventqualia.net/pt/2023/inicio/

ODS da ONU

Este resultado contribui para o(s) seguinte(s) Objetivo(s) de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

ODS 2 Zero fome
ODS 10 Desigualdades reduzidas
ODS 13 Ação climática
ODS 16 Paz, justiça e instituições fortes

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Citação

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