Should the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recognize climate migrants?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gibb, Christine ^a   Ford, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING;

ADAPTATION FRAMEWORK; HUMAN SECURITIES; MIGRATION FLOWS; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84871780015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045601     Document Type: Article

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