In May, ANU College of Law Professor Daniel Fitzpatrick was an invited expert at the Nansen Initiative Pacific Consultation on Cross-Border Displacement from Natural Disasters and Climate Change.

Professor Fitzpatrick presented the preliminary results of his ARC Discovery Project with Rebecca Monson on rising sea levels and local relocations in Solomon Islands (also supported by his Future Fellowship).

The Nansen Initiative works towards a "Protection Agenda" for people displaced across borders due to natural disasters and the adverse effects of climate change. Image: Catherine Wilson/IPS.