Jane Alexandra McAdam AO FASSA (born 1974) is an Australian legal scholar, and expert in climate change and refugees.
[4] McAdam has commented on the consequences of a warming planet, and the impact on people forced to move on account of disasters and climate change, raising the question 'where will they go'?
[7][8] Over the course of her career she has won a number of international prizes for her work on human rights, including for research on climate change and forced migration.
[2] She wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald around a decision, by the UN Human Rights Committee who decided that climate refugees cannot be forced to return to their homes.
[13] McAdam has contributed to The Conversation extensively, writing and providing commentary around refugee children,[14] Manus island, and the policies around asylum seekers.