Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Will Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness?

Within the next few decades, rising sea levels could wipe some small Pacific Island nations off the face of the earth. The prospect that the physical territory of countries such as Kiribati and Tuvalu is no longer habitable raises the prospect that their nationals could lose their citizenship, becoming stateless. It also poses profound questions for international law and the obligations of other countries. How likely is this possible outcome, and what can countries do to protect their sovereignty and their citizens? Join our discussion with Mark Nevitt, an international law scholar at the Emory University School of Law.

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Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Will Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness? is an episode from Migration Policy Institute Podcasts by Migration Policy Institute.

This episode is 27:04 long.

This episode was published on Oct 29, 2025.

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