Climate change is the most pressing problem humanity will face this century. Tracking how the climate is actually changing has never been more critical.

For a long time, it seemed refugee law had little relevance to people fleeing the impacts of climate change and disasters. Now, we have a much more nuanced understanding of things. Refugee law (and complementary protection under human rights law) do have a role to play in assessing the claims of people affected by climate change.

A recent publication documents the pathways to human insecurity in the specific political and economic contexts of Vanuatu and Guam. The country-specific political and economic contexts of these Pacific islands translate climate change impacts into different forms of human insecurity.