Disaster Migration

Disaster experts say that millions of people are displaced by climate-related disasters each year, and this trend is expected to increase as climate change accelerates. They say this raises important questions about how well existing instruments actually protect people driven from their homes and countries by climate change and natural disasters. The Nansen Initiative, an organisation whose main aim is to fill gaps in this space says national and international responses to this challenge are insufficient and protection for affected people remains inadequate. More from Professor Walter Kaelin, Envoy for the initiative.