North South University's (NSU) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) hosted a webinar as part of the NSU SHSS Distinguished Webinar Series titled "Climate Refugees, Nomenculture, and Why It Matters" recently.
The session drew a diverse audience of faculty members, students, legal practitioners, and researchers interested in the intersection of climate change, migration, and international law.
The guest speaker for the session was Dr Simon Behrman, associate professor at the University of Warwick, UK. Dr. Behrman is a renowned expert in refugee law and has written extensively on the intersections of law, climate change, and migration.
In his keynote address, Dr. Behrman noted that approximately 250 million people have been displaced as a result of severe weather events since 2016, averaging about 25 million people per year. For the first time in recent years, the numbers of people displaced by environmental factors have exceeded those caused by armed conflict.
Professor Md. Rizwanul Islam, dean of SHSS and professor of law at NSU, delivered the introductory remarks. He framed the discussion by noting that the international refugee regime is already under stress, questioning whether extending it to climate change refugees would bring meaningful outcomes.
The session was moderated by Md. Lokman Hussain, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law at NSU.
