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Articles on Climate migration
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Climate change is increasing the risks of extreme heat, floods and bushfires, meaning more people are having to consider moving home. But different people come to different decisions.
The climate migration deal has been dubbed as offering Tuvaluans a lifeline, but others say it is a neocolonial arrangement that does not tackle rising ocean levels.
Most of the 1 billion people in informal settlements are in the tropics where the threat of humid heat is rising. Poor weather station coverage that misses local hotspots puts them even more at risk.
Migration is considered an inevitable effect of climate change. It could also be part of the solution.
South of Cape Cod, fiddler crabs and marsh grass have long had a mutually beneficial relationship. It’s a different story in the North, where the harms can ricochet through ecosystems.
Historically, most Pacific visa programs in Australia have been tied to labour mobility. And none has specifically referenced climate change as a driving rationale.
Climate change, inequality, the evolution of knowledge… Experts have been surveyed, and a consensus is emerging on what to expect from the effects of these factors in the medical field.
Why the UN Refugee Convention should be updated to protect climate migrants.
Recognizing the challenges posed by climate-induced displacement is important. But officials must avoid rhetoric about displaced people that can fuel xenophobia.
Does the Global North have a moral responsibility to protect and compensate those in the Global South that disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change devastation?
When climate change is used to explain migration, social inequality is naturalised.
As climate change and other conflicts put humans and other species on the move — and sometimes in conflict — we need to rethink the way we approach conservation.
International refugee law must be overhauled to consider climate change and include “deadly environments” as a form of persecution.
If Australia plans to sell as much of its fossil fuels as possible, the least it can do is help us in Kiribati survive the rising seas.
If rural communities plan carefully – and some already are – they can reinvent themselves as the perfect homes for people fleeing wildfire and hurricane zones.
While climate migration may be on the rise in Canada, it has been disproportionately impacting Indigenous people and communities for years.
76 per cent of Canadians say environmental policy and sustainability is a priority when considering where to live.
Climate migrants don’t fit neatly into the legal definitions of refugee or migrant, and that can leave them in limbo. The Biden administration is debating how to identify and help them.
These books reinforce preconceived notions about migration and ignore the fact that climate change has displaced people in affluent countries like the US.
Top contributors
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Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer in Environmental Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Researcher in Physical Geography/Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
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Human Geographer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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PhD Candidate, Political Science/Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
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Professor in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Cambridge
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Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, and Research Affiliate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Human Geography, Durham University
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
