The European Union Legal Response to Climate Migration. Is It Enough?

Abstract

Despite the existence of some efforts that are developing at the international, European and national levels in order to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, it is expected that Climate Change will cause both internally and cross-border population displacements in the near future. This is likely to intensify migratory flows to European countries mainly from the western, eastern and central Mediterranean routes, as well as from the Atlantic route from the North African area. Given this circumstance, it is convenient to reflect on whether European Union law provides adequate solutions that adapt to this incipient reality by providing a protection framework for this new category of migrants, or whether, on the contrary, it is necessary to adopt a new regulatory framework that addresses specifically this issue