Climate change and internal displacement 2011, para. 21
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The importance of addressing displacement caused by climate change was more recently recognized by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. At its sixteenth session, held in Cancun, Mexico from 29 November to 10 December 2010, the Conference of the Parties adopted the "Cancun Adaptation Framework", which expressly acknowledges climate-induced displacement.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/285, para. 21.