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The global governance arrangements for climate change-induced migration are currently at the stage of ad hoc development. Migration due to climate change is still considered a new phenomenon; it has yet to be fully conceptualised let alone integrated into institutional policies. Those affected by climate change, to the extent that migration is an option, would be logically under the current umbrella of environmental migration. However, ‘environmental migration’ is a loosely defined concept and includes people affected by widely differing circumstances from those affected by typhoons to nuclear accidents, for example. Though this label has been used to describe and effectively assist those affected by sudden impact disasters, those affected by climate change have found little help.
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Berringer, A.C. (2013). Migration and Climate Change: Global Governance Regimes and the Incorporation of Climate Change Displacement. In: Cadman, T. (eds) Climate Change and Global Policy Regimes. International Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137006127_14
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