IN SUPPORT OF THE DEBATE ON THE TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO THE TERMS CLIMATE REFUGEES, CLIMATE MIGRANTS, ENVIRONMENTALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND SIMILAR TERMS

The paper deals with the terminological issues concerning growing phenomenon of people fleeing their homes and states because they can no longer live normal lives or any at all due to impact climate change. This is particularly case in poor coastal small island rising sea levels. To date, various terms are used scientific literature describe these people, such as refugees, migrants, environmentally displaced persons, ecological migrants eco-migrants, induced seasonal low-lying peoples, forced change-related survival etc. These also often reports by international governmental non-governmental organisations, political speeches texts, media, on social networks, activists, Since there academic consensus appropriate term, generally accepted what exactly constitutes this category vulnerable people. provides an analysis existing (proposed) concepts warns that some them ill-suited, misleading, inaccurate, and/or do not comply (international) law official legal terminology. true for term refugee under 1951 Refugee Convention its 1967 Protocol does include displacement caused environmental factors. Without uniform terms, definitions clearly stated rights national systems, multi-million groups cannot benefit from effective protection. Based a critical elements most commonly concepts, proposes discard advocates legally politically acceptable solution.