ABSTRACT

Academic discussion of climate‑related human mobility has understandably focused on the places where people are especially vulnerable to climate‑related harm: the Global South. Yet, the unique biophysical, legal and socio‑political characteristics of the Nordic region, as well as its roles as both ‘home’ and ‘host’ to climate‑related mobilities, justify its independent attention. Filling this lacuna, this collection is the first to address climate‑related human mobility in the Nordic region. It is a timely and much needed collection, which brings together leading and emerging voices from both academia and practice in a single volume, spanning policy and geographical breadth. Its chapters cover both regional approaches to the global phenomenon of climate mobility, such as the traditional role of the Nordic states as norm entrepreneurs and their representation in multilateral fora, and on‑the‑ground climate impacts unique to this region and their localised responses. Case studies include judicial decision‑making as it relates to climate‑related migration, insights into the local communication of climate risk, changes to Nordic development and climate policy, as well as climate‑related mobilities of Nordic Indigenous Peoples.

This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of disaster and climate studies, as well as climate‑related mobility, migration and displacement.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

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Nordic approaches to climate-related human mobility
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chapter 3|18 pages

Shifting status

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Nordic countries and norm entrepreneurship after the overturning of disaster-related mobility provisions
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chapter 4|20 pages

Climate-related mobility into the Nordic region

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Law, policy and (limited) practice
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chapter 6|16 pages

Losing home without going anywhere

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Reconceptualising climate-related displacement in international law and policy in ways relevant to Inuit in Greenland
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chapter 7|16 pages

Displaced from the cold

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Threats to the self-determination, including the cultural self-determination, of Sámi Indigenous Peoples in the Nordic region from climate change impacts
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chapter 8|17 pages

Futureless futures

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Reflections on life in doomed places in Nordic countries
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chapter 9|19 pages

Mobility paradox

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“Green” energy production and Sámi perceptions of national decision-making legitimacy
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