Adaptation Committee Decisions

1.    The Parties agree on a definition of Climate Refugee based on the following characteristics:
i.    A Climate Refugee has to experience a situation of forced migration.
ii.    Temporary or permanent relocation across national borders if no domestic relocation with reasonable similar living conditions is possible.
iii.    Movement across borders, with borders and national territories defined as from the known world map on 01.01.2013, even though the physical borders might be under the sea level in the future, including ongoing states sovereignty and sea rights of the small island states, and states with sunken islands.

iv.    Climate Refugees will be temporarily classified as Refugees under the Geneva Convention until part of the original territory becomes habitable again under reasonable similar conditions.
v.    Disruption has to be attributed to one of three impacts of climate change:
1.    Sea-level rise
2.    Extreme weather events
3.    Drought and water scarcity
vi.    Sudden or gradual environmental disruption
2.    The Parties agree that the administration of the Climate Refugee process will be established as a new entity under the UNHCR.
3.    This entity will take a differentiated approach toward Climate Refugee Migration tasks.
a.    The Parties agree on the establishment of a new Fund solely responsible for Climate Refugee Administration tasks.
b.    If a merger of Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund takes place, this newly created Climate Refugee Fund shall also be included in the merged Adaptation and Green Climate Fund.