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SUMMARY:Climate Change and Migration
DESCRIPTION:In 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted that the 
 greatest impact of climate change would be on human migration. Climate 
 change-induced migration is already responsible for instability in the 
 periphery of Australia and Europe yet the policy implications and possible 
 response strategies to this challenge remain under-researched. As the 
 international community of states is approaching the pivotal Copenhagen 
 Summit\, climate change-induced migration may\, however\, not receive the 
 critical attention by policy-makers and academics it so clearly merits. The 
 May 2009 Report by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s think tank 
 Global Humanitarian Forum highlights that more than 95 percent of negative 
 ramifications of climate change will be experienced by poorer countries\, 
 precipitating spill-over effects in terms of migration dynamics.  The very 
 term “climate change refugee” is still not beyond dispute within 
 academia and urgently requires clarification\, as internal migration due to 
 adverse environmental phenomena is certainly not a new phenomenon. 
 However\, transnational environmentally-induced migration is an empirically 
 new\, under-explored and addressing issue. It is already apparent in the 
 South Pacific and South Asia.  This workshop aims to provide a forum for 
 the presentation of current research on the climate change-migration nexus 
 in both Australia and Europe. This is an opportunity to examine different 
 scenarios for climate change suggested by the IPCC report and the attendant 
 consequences for migration. The workshop aims to be not just 
 interdisciplinary — drawing in academic experts from natural and social 
 sciences — but also comparative\, examining current regional regulatory 
 approaches in the Australia-Pacific region and the EU and its 
 neighbourhood. It provides a forum for frank discussion about the nature 
 and dimension of the challenge and the policy implications for the 
 Australian and European governments.  This workshop also aims to facilitate 
 interaction between scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds\, 
 policy makers and civil society with a view to exploring opportunities for 
 joint policy-relevant research. The aim is to produce a conference report 
 and discuss strategies for further joint research ventures\, policy reports 
 and publications.
LOCATION:Canberra\, Australia
DTSTART:20090825T090000
DTEND:20090826T170000
STATUS:CONFIRMED
URL:http://www.feast.org/diary/577
CONTACT;ALTREP="http://www.anu.edu.au/NEC/conferences_workshops/2009_other/broacher.pdf":Climate Change and Migration
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