Noun
- a displaced person caused by climate change induced environmental disasters. Such disasters result from both incremental and rapid ecological change and disruption that include increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, flooding and tornadoes.
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- people… being pushed out of their homes by droughts, floods, rising sea levels, soil erosion, desertification, and storms
Plan: Because I am a Girl. http://blog.becauseiamagirl.ca/2012/02/22/climate-refugees-5-facts-about-the-human-faces-of-climate-change/ Accessed 29/03/2012
“While there are no scientifically verified estimates of climate change-related displacement or of overall population flows triggered by the effects of climate change, it is evident that gradual and sudden environmental changes are already resulting in substantial human migration and displacement. This trend is expected to continue, with anywhere between 50 and 200 million people moving as a result by the middle of the century, either within their countries or across borders, on a permanent or temporary basis. There is a possibility of even higher numbers if the IPCC’s worst-case scenarios materialize. In some cases, in particular at early stages of environmental degradation and for those with the resources to move, migration may be an adaption mechanism, allowing for example to diversify the sources of income. In other instances, in particular in cases of natural disasters and for those with fewer means to move, leaving their places of habitual residence may be an expression of failed adaption and constitute a survival mechanism.”
The film documentary Climate Refugees: The Human Face of Climate Change by Michael P. Nash http://www.climaterefugees.com/
McAdam, Jane. 2010. Climate Change and Displacement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
International organisation for Migration, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations University. 2009. Climate change, migration, and displacement: impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation options. 5th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 5). Bonn. http://www.unhcr.org/4a1e51eb0.html Accessed 29/03/2012
Plan: Because I am a Girl. http://blog.becauseiamagirl.ca/2012/02/22/climate-refugees-5-facts-about-the-human-faces-of-climate-change/ Accessed 29/03/2012
TheFreeDictionary.com http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Environmental+refugees Accessed 15/03/2012
Other related words (may be concepts)
- cross border migration
- development induced displacement
- environmental refugee
- mixed migratory flows
- push pull factors