As global climate change continues to alter the environment, humans are moving. In this context, human mobility can be an empowered adaptation strategy or an unwelcome necessity for survival with a high cost. Existing legal frameworks provide only a patchwork of protection for some climate change mobility scenarios. In Humans on the Move, Grant Dawson and Rachel Laut investigate the development of an adaptive approach to climate change mobility and explore how transformational adaptation strategies canâand mustâbe integrated with a rights-based approach.
Grant Dawson, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, has worked for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations. A member of the bars of New York and Washington, D.C., he has lectured and published on a wide range of international legal subjects.
Rachel Laut, J.D., Harvard Law School, has practiced in private and public international law. A member of the New York Bar, she has authored and contributed to several publications on international law.
Legal practitioners, policy makers, academics, students and all others interested in addressing human mobility in the context of climate change from a legal and policy perspective.