Climate Refugees in South Asia: Protection Under International Legal Standards and State Practices in South Asia

by Nafees Ahmad and Stellina Jolly

This book addresses the forms of legal protection extended to people displaced due to the consequences of climate change, and who have either become refugees by crossing international borders or are climatically displaced persons (CDPs) in their own homelands. It explores the legal response of the South Asian Jurisdictions to these refugee-like situations, and also to what extent these people are protected under current international law...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811331367
• ISBN13: 9789811331367
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"