Tamara Wood
About/Bio
Dr Tamara Wood is a Senior Research Fellow at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney, and a Senior Lecturer in Law in the University of Tasmania. She has acted as a consultant and advisor to UNHCR, IOM, Platform on Disaster Displacement, Nansen Initiative on Disaster-Induced Cross-Border Displacement, Institute for Security Studies Africa and the World Bank.
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International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit
It is trite to say that there is no legal category of ‘climate refugees’. Nevertheless, climate events and disasters can significantly impact forced displacement scenarios. They may be one cause of displacement. They may affect refugees, asylum seekers or other persons in need of international protection in countries of asylum. And they may inhibit safe return as a…
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International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit
It is trite to say that there is no legal category of ‘climate refugees’. Nevertheless, climate events and disasters can significantly impact forced displacement scenarios. They may be one cause of displacement. They may affect refugees, asylum seekers or other persons in need of international protection in countries of asylum. And they may inhibit safe return as a…