Bogumil Terminski Environmentally-Induced Displacement ... - Cedem

PART ONE:ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT–A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE INTERNATIONALCOMMUNITYMinimizing the negative effects of environmental hazards represents a source of concern anda measure of responsibility both to each citizen individually and to the internationalcommunity collectively. The growing impact of environmental change upon the daily lives ofthe inhabitants of particular regions, countries, and even entire continents is currently a majorchallenge for many sectors of international cooperation. Political cooperation undertaken inthis area should be supplemented by the formation of appropriate standards for publicinternational law. To build effective institutional and regulatory forms of assistance, and tomake at least a slight modification in the current perception of the environmental factors offorced migration on the basis of public international law and multilateral institutions seems ofparticular importance nowadays. The negative consequences of environmental changes arealready, in many regions of the world, a main factor forcing millions of people to abandon