Legal responses to cross-border 'environmental' mobility

'Legal responses to cross-border 'environmental' mobility'

Moderator: Moderator: Atle Solberg (Head of the Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement)
Speakers: Jane McAdam (Kaldor Centre of International Refugee Law, University of New South Wales), Richard Bedford (University of Waikato), David Cantor (Refugee Law Initiative) and Lucy Daxbacher (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
Date: Wednesday 10 February 2021, 1.30pm UK

This fifth seminar addressed: How can law respond to 'environmental' cross-border (im)mobility at global, regional and national levels, including refugee and human rights law and migration law?

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11th RLI Annual Seminar Series Academic Year 2020-21 Webinars:
HUMAN MOBILITY, NATURAL HAZARDS AND POLICY RESPONSES

How can law and policy engage with the impact of natural hazards on human mobility?

Environmental processes shape human mobility, including processes of displacement, migration and planned relocation, within countries and even across borders. They can also entrench immobility for specific groups. Natural hazards that shape mobility in such contexts encompass the slow-onset impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, as well as sudden-onset disasters linked to storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and even biological hazards like the COVID-19 pandemic.

This webinar series brings together diverse scholarly and practitioner perspectives on how law and policy can respond to this global challenge. Its six topical sessions will be broadcast live in an interactive format via Zoom technology to enhance participation from across the globe.

The series is convened by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) and its Internal Displacement Research Programme, in partnership with the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), a state-led initiative working to improve protection for people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change.