In 2O15, following a series of sub-regional consultations, 1O9 states endorsed an Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change. Although active in supporting the consultative process and notwith-standing their endorsement of this `Protection Agenda', the European Union and its Member States promote `effective practices' in the global South without committing to the same course of action at home. Recognizing that the Protection Agenda is dif-ficult to reconcile with contemporary migration politics in the global North, this article argues that an approach that builds on the European Climate Law commitment to pur-sue climate change adaptation `guided by the best available and most recent scientific evidence' provides a starting point for addressing some important aspects of human mobility in the context of disasters and climate change, and provides a context for dis-cussing the kind of transformational adaptation called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Scott, M
Adapting to Climate-Related Human Mobility into Europe: Between the Protection Agenda and the Deterrence Paradigm, or Beyond?
European Journal Of Migration And Law