Using Adaptive Mobility to Avoid Displacement: The Way Forward for Law in the Context of Climate Change?
(2026) Researching Internal Displacement — (2026)
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- This ninth volume in our series on ‘Internal Displacement in a Changing World Order’ argues that international law is currently ill-suited to making human movement part of the solutions to climate change. It remains trapped in a palliative approach in the face of foreseeable risks, with a negative understanding of movement that limits the potential for positive adaptation. However, promoting adaptive mobility could minimise forced movement. Adaptive mobility can be individual, through sustainable solution options for those who decide to leave, or planned with the support of public authorities, subject to certain considerations and safeguards. The article proposes a conceptual evolution of human movements in international law to promote adaptive mobility and thus avoid displacement, while emphasising the need to consider the context in any (im)mobile adaptation measure.
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Courtoy, M. (2026). Using Adaptive Mobility to Avoid Displacement: The Way Forward for Law in the Context of Climate Change? Researching Internal Displacement. Published. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/278336 (Original work published 2026)