International Campaign on Climate Refugees’ Rights (ICCR)

We call for a new legal framework for climate refugees to realize their social, political, cultural and economic rights.   Many developing countries of the global south are facing serious catastrophe due to climate change. Hundreds and thousands of people from these developing nations have already been displaced and millions more will be displaced if appropriate measures are not taken today. The current rate of climate change is rapidly increasing due to the onslaught of global warming caused by excessive carbon emissions, and more frequent and extreme draught, flooding, cyclones and sea level rise are the life-threatening results. All of these consequences not only pose mortal danger but also lead to the destruction of the means of livelihood which sustain millions of people in the global south. Recent studies show that around 30 million people from the coastal areas of Bangladesh, 300 thousand from the Maldives, 10 million from Vietnam, 10 million from Mediterranean Egypt, and 600 thousand from Guyana will be displaced due to loss  of land as a result of climate change effects.