UPSC Prelims 2017 · CSAT (Paper 2) · Q46

Comprehension

Medium · Rational inference

Climate change is likely to expose a growing number of people to environmental risks that force them to migrate. The international community has yet to formally recognise this category of migrants, partly because there is no consensus on how displacement caused by gradual environmental change should be classified under existing international law. Even where the phenomenon is acknowledged, it remains unclear which institutions would bear responsibility for protecting those displaced.

Which of the following is the most rational inference that can be made from the above passage?