Role of Environmental Education in the Climate Resilience of People Exposed to Environmental Asylum from the Point of View of International Law

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Instructor and Ph.D. Student of International Law, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Climate resilience is referred to the social ability in the event of impulses and environmental degradation in pursuit of activities towards goals. Sustainability is established through adaptability and evolution. This will make communities less likely to witness large-scale emigration and the emergence of environmental asylum phenomena as a response to environmental hazards. The climate resilience thinking, in the context of modern urban ecology, enables the integration of human and ecological factors and understanding of the interactions between them, develops sustainability strategies with respect to identification of interactions. An important discussion about upgrading resilience is paying attention to the participation of the people and the civil society, and it is also necessary to educate people about the environment. Therefore, the present research was aimed at investigating the direct role of environmental education in climate resilience and its effect on environmental asylum phenomena using a descriptive method of documentary analysis. The findings of the research suggested that sustainable development and ultimately, climate resilience will be achieved when environmental information is disseminated among people and through the participation of people in preserving the community. The importance of this issue has not been neglected from the point of view of international law, and several international documents have also been dedicated to this issue. Since the occurrence and evolution of climate resilience and as a result the sustainable development of countries depends on environmental education as the main pillar of each society, it is necessary to take measures in order to increase the environmental awareness of the people.

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Journals of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Volume 7, Issue 4
September 2019
Pages 45-68

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