Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law
Jane McAdam's book can be considered one of the most complete and recent studies on a topic which has gradually become a subject of major interest in the political and academic arenas. The book offers a comprehensive and clear analysis of all the legal aspects linked to "environmental migration" and makes the reader fully aware of the complexity of the phenomenon...Jane McAdam's book represents a timely and valuable contribution to turn again the spotlight on this phenomenon and to develop suitable legal instruments to guarantee protection to "environmental migrants". Rossana Palladino, International Community Law Review As the looming impacts of climate change on population and their livelihoods continue to exert prssure, Jane McAdam's landmark book, Climate Change, Forced Migration and International Law, makes two fundimental advances: first, the need to closely follow the latest developments of real-world scenarios and accept the existence of mryiad of forms and causes of climate-related movement; and second, seeing the existence of a varied typology of climate-related movement as an opportunity, rather than a challenge, to avoid simplistic top-down solutions and propose complex responces grounded in a human rights and needs-based approach. Alejandra Torres Camprubi, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law Climate change, Forced Migration, and International Law provides a clear and lucid overview of the relationships between the three. Over the 270 pages of content, Jane McAdam gives us a thoughtful and coherent analysis on this difficult topic...the book also exhibits a rigorous approach to research. HA Lisi, Chinese Journal of International Law A well-argued, timely and important text on an issue at the start of its legal development. Vanessa Bettinson (Senior Lecturer in Law, Leicester De Montfort Law School), Environmental Law & Management This book is a welcome addition to the legal literature on the future of our planet. Mark Wojcik, International Law Prof Blog Best described as compendious: a detailed, nuanced and extraordinarily well-referenced treatment of the climate change-migration nexus ... McAdam effectively combines a firm grasp of the social scientific literature with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the legal context. The result is perhaps the best volume on climate change and migration yet published. Calum T. M. Nicholson, Swansea University, Journal of Refugee Studies This is an extraordinarily thorough piece of work, both in terms of the material it summarizes or refers to ... and in its original contributions to one of the hottest contemporary debates in the forced migration field. Jean-Francois Durieux, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol 25, no 1