ABSTRACT
In 1992, the first report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that ‘[t]he gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration as millions are displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and severe drought’ (IPCC 1992: 103). Since then, the connections between ecological conditions and migration 1 have attracted growing attention. The topic has reached the highest levels of (environmental) politics, to the point that the Cancun Adaptation Framework signed by the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2010 urges member countries to implement ‘[m]easures to enhance understanding, coordination and cooperation with regard to climate change induced displacement, migration and planned relocation’ (UNFCCC 2010: 5).
