Professor Jane McAdam interviewed regarding Pacific Islanders and the term 'climate refugee'

They have long been described as climate refugees: the hundreds of thousands of people living on low-lying Pacific islands who may be forced to migrate if rising sea levels leave their homes uninhabitable. But it is a term Pacific leaders say is loaded with political connotations and does not reflect the true dimensions of the problem.

"They see [refugee] as a negative term that connotes victimhood and people in need of protection by the international community," Professor Jane McAdam, director of the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, told the ABC.

Read the full article: 'Pacific Islanders reject 'climate refugee' status, want to 'migrate with dignity', SIDS conference hears', ABC Radio Australia, 6 September 2014