ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The complexity of climate-induced migration implies also that many issues and areas of law are relevant for any future solution. There are numerous conventions, soft law-based instruments, guidelines and customary international rules that are very relevant to the situation of climate refugees. Climate refugees' 'orphanhood' was imposed upon them, with very little guilt attached to them. The problem of climate-induced migration is now acknowledged, by international consensus. This recognition was expressed in some of the most central international fora, including the UN General Assembly and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). After years of fragmented, unilateral and ad-hoc attempts to address climate-induced migration, the establishment of the UNFCCC's Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM) has created what can be viewed as an 'institutional home' for climate-induced migration.
