COP30 SIDE EVENT ON POLITICAL ISSUES OF ENVIRONNEMENTAL MIGRATION IN THE ERA OF THE RISE OF EXTREMIST PARTIES

Over the past decade, the European Union and the United States of America have intensified their migration externalization policies across Africa and South America through bilateral agreements, funding for border control, and readmission partnerships. Under growing pressure from far-right parties, these mechanisms prioritize security and the prevention of migratory flows over legal protection. Environmental and climate-displaced persons, who lack an internationally recognized status, are the first victims of this approach: they are often intercepted, confined in transit countries, or denied access to effective international protection.

It is clear that:

The externalization of migration policy dilutes the EU’s and the United States of America legal responsibilities and undermines the principle of non-refoulement

European and americans funds for cooperation and climate adaptation are frequently conditioned on migration control objectives

Monitoring and accountability mechanisms for human rights violations are either absent or ineffective

African and south american partner states, often in situations of financial dependence, lack robust normative frameworks to protect internal or cross-border climate-displaced populations.

In 2019, Carré Géo & Environnement, within the framework of its advocacy efforts for the establishment of a legally binding instrument dedicated to the protection of environmental and climate-displaced persons, convened a side event during COP25. This initiative sought to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder strategy addressing the governance and protection challenges associated with climate-induced displacement.

Six years later, the objective is to take stock of the progress achieved and to critically evaluate both the initiatives undertaken and the migration policies implemented by various states concerning the protection of environmental and climate-displaced populations.

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