Environmental Migration in Asia and the Pacific

1. Australian National University Climate Change PhD Expo 16 March 2012 Environmental Migrationin Asia and the Pacific Could we Hang Out Sometime? Benoît Mayer, bmayer@nus.edu.sg PhD candidate, National University of Singapore LL.M. (McGill), M.A. (Sciences Po), B.C.L. (Sorbonne)

2. Source: WBGU 2007

3. In 2008, 85% of people displaced by sudden disasters (except droughts) in the World were Asians. Adapted from WBGU 2007

4. Top-down paradigm Universal standards Environmental migrations

5. Snapshot at the current debateon climate migration governance

6. Where & by whom? Snapshot at the current debateon climate migration governance

7. Research In 2008, 85% of people displaced by sudden disasters (except droughts) in the World were Asians. Adapted from WBGU 2007

8. Post-colonial paradigm “environmental refugees”, Universal standards security approach Priority:preventing displacement Empirical research programs Lack of empirical data Environmental migrations

9. Participative paradigm “environmental refugees”, Civilizations’ “best practices” (Chimni) security approach Empirical research programs Lack of empirical data Asian values? “Will todiffer” (Tay) Environmental migrations

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