ABSTRACT
Their perception as “normative and epistemic authorities” (Ecker-Ehrhardt 2007: iv) has built up the reputation of humanitarian organizations as a global consciousness over the past decades. In this role, humanitarian organizations could represent a valuable resource for the climate movement. They could carry positions and political aims of the movement into international debates and decision-making processes and could add the necessary moral credibility and weight to substantially influence such processes. They could give a voice to actual and future losers of climate change, as well as of adaptation and mitigation strategies of the international climate governance.
