This study aims to examine the legal and policy aspects of climate- and environment-related displacement. It assesses to what extent the current EU framework for immigration and asylum, in general, and the specific instruments regarding asylum, in particular, already offer an adequate response to climate-induced displacement, and how the legal framework could evolve to provide an improved response to the phenomenon of environmentally induced migration. The study also clarifies in which way such a modified legal framework can be rooted in the Lisbon Treaty, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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#ClimateChange