Las migraciones climáticas: retos y propuestas desde el derecho internacional

Identifier:  TDX:2443

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2443

Authors:  Felipe Pérez, Beatriz Irene

Abstract:
Due to the unsustainable development model prevailing at the Global north, mainly based on the burning of fossil fuels, climate change represents one of the most serious threats to present and future generations. The diverse impacts of climate change exert pressure, directly and indirectly, on the population, especially in the most vulnerable countries of the Global south. One of the consequences of these impacts is human migration, as many people have to leave their home and migrate under environmentally degraded conditions in socioeconomic vulnerable contexts. They constitute the phenomenon known as 'climate migration'. Awareness about this type of migration is still limited. There are still ongoing discussions about the terminology, the numbers and the characteristics of climate migration. Despite the seriousness of the situation, there are political and legal gaps concerning climate migration. This doctoral thesis, through a multidisciplinary and comprehensive analysis of climate migration, aims to 1) increase awareness of this phenomenon, 2) highlight the State responsibilities, both internally and internationally, on these migrants, 3) reinforce the existing legal gaps and 4) develop a holistic approach for the effective protection of climate migrants that includes the adaptation of existing legal frameworks (asylum, internal displacement, labor migration, climate change, human rights, etc.), the adoption of a universal treaty and the promotion of other complementary actions.