If the impacts of climate change drive people from their homes, what happens to their relationship with their home country? This groundbreaking report provides the first in-depth look at the legal risks of statelessness and nationality loss in the Pacific as climate change hits. The Future of Nationality in the Pacific: Preventing Statelessness and Nationality Loss in the context of Climate Change was published on 17 May 2022 by three partnering institutions – the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne, the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at the University of New South Wales, and the University of Technology Sydney.
Led by Lead Principal Investigator Associate Professor Jason Lee, Deputy Director of the Human Potential Translational Research Programme (HPTRP), and Director of the Heat Resilience and Performance Centre at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), Project HeatSafe is the first large-scale study in Singapore and the region aimed at investigating the impact of rising heat levels on the health, productivity and well-being of occupational workers in tropical climates such as Singapore, on an individual level, as well as the impact of heat stress on a macroeconomic and national level.
Learn moreComing out from the forum outcomes, this publication offers recommendations, pathways and entry points for policy makers, academics, research organisations, non-government organisations, private sector, funding institutions and global and regional negotiations on developing strategies and approaches to achieve transformative adaptation within the Asia-Pacific region. This publication encapsulates the summary and key messages of the 8th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum (APAN Forum) held in Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea from 28 August to 1 September 2023.
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