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Reparations and adaptation obligations: Alternative approaches to climate change and migration

Lauren Sakae Nishimura

Alternative Law Journal2026https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x261438162article
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Abstract

This article responds to the problem of climate change and migration, and the tendency to seek solutions in legal frameworks that protect individual migrants. It analyses two alternative approaches, which argue for facilitating migration as a form of reparations and as a means for meeting adaptation obligations in the international climate regime. After analysing alignments and tensions between these two approaches, the article concludes that legal arguments for State obligations to support adaptation offer one potential means for pursuing climate reparations, including through migration.

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@article{lauren2026,
  title        = {{Reparations and adaptation obligations: Alternative approaches to climate change and migration}},
  author       = {Lauren Sakae Nishimura},
  journal      = {Alternative Law Journal},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x261438162},
}

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