Climate change has emerged as a major driver of cross-border and internal displacement, posing profound challenges to existing frameworks of international law. This book provides a rigorous socio-legal examination of environmental displacement, critically assessing the extent to which current international refugee, human rights, and environmental law regimes are capable of addressing climate-induced migration.
Employing doctrinal analysis supported by case studies and institutional review, the book interrogates the legal status of environmentally displaced persons and the normative gaps within the 1951 Refugee Convention and related protection mechanisms. It further examines the evolving role of international institutions, including the United Nations and UNHCR, in responding to climate-induced displacement.
The book advances normative and policy-oriented recommendations for the development of an integrated legal framework that recognizes and protects environmental refugees. It is intended for scholars, advanced students, and policymakers engaged in international law, environmental governance, climate change law, and migration studies.
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Dr. Jyotsna Singh
Dr. Jyotsna Singh is an academician and legal researcher specializing in International Law, with a focused scholarly engagement in human rights, refugee law, environmental and climate-induced displacement, and socio-legal studies. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law.
She has been associated with Amity University, Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow Campus) since 2016 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Law. Her teaching and research interests include international human rights law, environmental law, constitutional law, gender justice, and emerging legal and policy frameworks.
Prior to her academic career, Dr. Singh worked as a Technical Expert with UNICEF, where she contributed to child-protection initiatives and capacity-building programmes, gaining valuable practical experience in the implementation of human rights standards. She has edited books, authored numerous scholarly publications, and presented her research at national and international forums. Her work reflects a sustained commitment to advancing legal scholarship on contemporary humanitarian, environmental, and climate-related challenges.
