Refugiados climáticos: de su reconocimiento a la invocabilidad del principio de responsabilidad común pero diferenciada

This article develops a reflective exercise on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities in the search for solutions to the climate refugee crisis. Objective: To establish guidelines on the need to invoke the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities for developed countries, which are the main contributors to climate change, in relation to the most vulnerable countries facing climate variations or rising sea levels. Methodology: This exercise was based on a documentary analysis of information from specialized databases. Results: Understanding the humanitarian issues faced by environmental refugees and an approach to the principle enabled a constructive scenario regarding the conditions of invocability, based on the privileged situation of developed countries due to their economic expansion and the environmental degradation caused by their industries. Conclusions: The climate refugee crisis warrants the invocability of the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities as a valid approach that challenges States to act jointly and interdependently in order to find alternatives to the migration crisis caused by climate factors.