'Human rights expert Walter Kaelin calls for cool heads on climate refugees' The Australian
Published on the 22 Jan 2015
Walter Kälin is Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bern (since 1985), Director of SKMR/SCHR (Schweizerisches Kompetenzzentrum für Menschenrechte/Swiss Centre of Excellence in Human Rights), and Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative on Disaster-Induced Cross-Border Displacement.
Professor Kälin recently presented at the Kaldor Centre conference and Nansen Initiative seminar.
As quoted in this article in The Australian, Professor Kälin wants to take the drama out of the climate-change refugee debate and instead work with governments on ways to help those who will be displaced by disasters. Read the full article here.