![]() For many years the international definition of a refugee has divided scholars. Nevertheless, the particular issue of protecting those environmentally-displaced does not pose any major legal or political difficulties. However, the extent to which international law and practice provide the environmentally displaced with physical protection from serious human rights violations unfortunately proves to be very scant. The critical issue of environmentally-induced migration has only recently been highlighted by scientists, while subsequently provoking much debate among legal academics. This Article endeavors to better understand one particular aspect, namely the phenomenon of environmentally-induced migration. The issue of environmental degradation is broad and complex. One may further add that, as a consequence, environmental degradation is causing a large number of people to flee environments that no longer sustain life. Climate change isn't some vague future problem-it's already damaging the planet at an alarming pace" warned Time Magazine on its cover of a special report on global warming.
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