Climate change and forced migrations: An effort towards recognizing climate refugees |
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| Institution: | 1. Freie Universität Berlin, ZI Lateinamerika-Institut, Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin, Germany;2. Freie Universität Berlin, SFB 700, Boltzmannstr. 4, 14195 Berlin, Germany;1. University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K., Denmark;2. University of Antwerp, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium;3. University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department for Food and Resource Economics, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;1. Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, United Kingdom;2. Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Research in Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics (SECP), University of Brighton, United Kingdom;3. Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada;4. Department of Childhood Studies, Rutgers University, USA;1. Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, United States;2. Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States;1. School of Social Sciences and Communication, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia;2. Department of Resource Management and Geography, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The scientific community has long urged for the broadening of the refugee term, which remains identical since the 1951 Refugee Convention, despite strong evidence showing connections between forced migration and climate change. Even though the concept of climate and environmental refugees is not legally recognized, the discussion concerning these definitions is increasing. Furthermore, with the intensification of global climate change, a more specific subcategory of refugees began to be popularized: climate change refugees. A climate change refugee is any person who has been forced to leave their home, or their country, due to the effects of severe climate events, being forced to rebuild their lives in other places, despite the conditions to which they are subjected. |
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| Keywords: | Climate change Refugees Forced migrations Natural disasters |
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