In 2017, New Zealand announced a new humanitarian visa for those displaced by climate change in the Pacific. Then in 2018, it changed tack, abandoning the visa and instead following the priorities of Pacific island peoples, Nina Hall writes.

Unrecognised by the global community as ‘refugees’, those who are displaced by climate change-related events are unlikely to receive adequate legal protection, Ian Fry writes.

Due to the vastly differing experiences of climate change within the Pacific, the international community must avoid pigeon-holing all those affected as ‘climate refugees’, Rebecca Hingley writes.

Climate change will have direct effects on human health – especially as a result of diminishing food availability, heat waves, and the spread of disease. This could have real consequences for refugees and migration patterns if countries don’t act now, Jeremy Youde writes.

As sea levels rise across the Pacific, entire populations find themselves under increasing threat. That’s why, this World Refugee Day, we’ve decided to focus on ‘climate refugees’. Patrick Cooney sets the scene for the discussions to come, emphasising the need for a globally recognised definition for climate refugees amidst a brewing crisis.

Refugee policy has long been a contentious topic in Australian politics. But, despite having the perfect opportunity to address its problems, major parties have largely dodged discussing it in the election campaign, Marianne Dickie writes.