The abstract subject of the climate migrant: displaced by the rising tides of the green energy economy

Scott, Dayna Nadine; Smith, Adrian A.

doi:10.4337/jhre.2017.01.02

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“…The third cluster, which represents a wish list of valid concerns, in addition to economic issues has a strong emphasis on so-called "non-economic" forms of L&D that have not been wellcaptured by the previous clusters. This includes losses to culture, health (mental and physical), territory, social networks and relationships, and even "epistemic" loss (Taub et al 2016;Preston 2017;Warner and van der Geest 2013;Werkheiser 2017;Scott and Smith 2017;Acosta et al 2016;Bauer 2013;Monnereau and Abraham 2013), issues which have also been noted by the UNFCCC more generally (Serdeczny et al 2018). These forms of L&D are often discussed as "intangible" due to their deriving from culture and identity (Chandra et al 2017;Tschakert et al 2019;Tschakert et al 2017;Fekete and Sakdapolrak 2014).…”

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Loss and damage from climate change and implicit assumptions of sustainable development

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Loss and damage from climate change, recognized as a unique research and policy domain through the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) in 2013, has drawn increasing attention among climate scientists and policy makers. Labelled by some as the “third pillar” of the international climate regime—along with mitigation and adaptation—it has been suggested that loss and damage has the potential to catalyze important synergies with other international agendas, particularly sustainable development. However, the specific approaches to sustainable development that inform loss and damage research and how these approaches influence research outcomes and policy recommendations remain largely unexplored. We offer a systematic analysis of the assumptions of sustainable development that underpins loss and damage scholarship through a comprehensive review of peer-reviewed research on loss and damage. We demonstrate that the use of specific metrics, decision criteria, and policy prescriptions by loss and damage researchers and practitioners implies an unwitting adherence to different underlying theories of sustainable development, which in turn impact how loss and damage is conceptualized and applied. In addition to research and policy implications, our review suggests that assumptions about the aims of sustainable development determine how loss and damage is conceptualized, measured, and governed, and the human development approach currently represents the most advanced perspective on sustainable development and thus loss and damage. This review supports sustainable development as a coherent, comprehensive, and integrative framework for guiding further conceptual and empirical development of loss and damage scholarship.

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“…One particular struggle that I have had is how to take the relatively stronger focus on Indigeneity and settler-colonialism that I bring to the beginnings of migration-focused courses, and maintain that focus throughout the semester (cf. Scott & Smith, 2017). The necessity and benefit of taking students through the elements of the Convention Refugee definition, or the consolidated grounds for persons in need of protection, does not always overlap well with delving deeper into issues of Aboriginal or Indigenous law.…”

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Reflections on Teaching Critical Migration Law in a Settler-colonial Context (Dispatch)

Bhatia¹

2021

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“…For example, wind farms are being developed in Oaxaca, Mexico on indigenous lands to provide energy to Walmart, Coca-Cola, Heineken and Cemex (a Mexican cement manufacturer) without public debate; adequate compensation; free, prior and informed consent; equitable sharing of benefits with local communities; and mechanisms to provide compensation for damage and loss to land (Baker 2015, Zárate-Toledo et al 2019. In Canada, a controversial proposal to build an enormous hydroelectric dam on the Peace River threatens to displace indigenous peoples and replicate the sacrifice zones of carbon capitalism -this time in the name of "green energy" (Scott and Smith 2017). In Brazil and throughout the global South, forest conservation schemes developed through the climate regime's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism undermine the rights of local and indigenous communities to harvest plants, timber, or fish in their ancestral territories (Klein 2014, Kronk Warner 2015.…”

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“…The third response to climate displacement is migration management, which consists of state-governed regulation of mobility to prevent uncontrolled mass migration (Scott and Smith 2017). This approach is advocated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), whose mission includes "meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management" while upholding "the human dignity and well-being of migrants" (IOM; see https://www.iom.int/mission).…”

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“…Proponents of the migration management approach have suggested planned relocation as one solution to the potential immobility of vulnerable communities (Methmann and Oels 2015). Planned relocation consists of the voluntary or compulsory resettlement of persons living in hazardous locations to prevent displacement due to climate-related disasters or to relocate those who have already been displaced (Scott and Smith 2017).…”

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Racial capitalism, climate justice, and climate displacement

González

2020

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This article expands our understanding of climate justice by demonstrating how racial subordination, environmental degradation, and the fossil fuel-based capitalist world economy are interrelated. It uses these insights to critique the emerging legal and policy responses to climate change-induced displacement and to examine alternative approaches emerging from climate-vulnerable states and peoples. The article argues that racialized communities all over the world have borne the brunt of carbon capitalism from cradle (extraction of fossil fuels) to grave (climate change) and that a race-conscious analysis of climate change and climate displacement can reveal the commonalities among seemingly distinct forms of oppression in order to forge the alliances necessary to achieve just and emancipatory outcomes. Este artículo amplía nuestra comprensión de la justicia climática al demostrar cómo la subordinación racial, la degradación medioambiental y la economía mundial capitalista basada en los combustibles fósiles están relacionados entre sí. Se parte de estos enfoques para criticar las respuestas emergentes de tipo jurídico y político al desplazamiento provocado por el cambio climático y para analizar abordajes alternativos provenientes de estados y pueblos vulnerables por el clima. El artículo argumenta que las sociedades racializadas de todo el mundo son las mayores damnificadas por el capitalismo basado en el carbón, desde la cuna (extracción de combustibles fósiles) hasta la tumba (cambio climático) y que un análisis del cambio climático y del desplazamiento subsiguiente que tenga en cuenta la raza revela las características comunes de formas aparentemente distintas de opresión, de cara a forjar las alianzas necesarias para conseguir resultados justos y emancipatorios.

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The abstract subject of the climate migrant: displaced by the rising tides of the green energy economy

Cited by 9 publications

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Loss and damage from climate change and implicit assumptions of sustainable development

Loss and damage from climate change and implicit assumptions of sustainable development

Reflections on Teaching Critical Migration Law in a Settler-colonial Context (Dispatch)

Racial capitalism, climate justice, and climate displacement

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