DEBATING ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRATION: SOCIETY, NATURE AND POPULATION DISPLACEMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1058-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Oliver-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Population Displacement ◽  
Environmental Migration

scholarly journals National Adaptation Plans: A Response to Climate-Induced Migration?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Vydelingum
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Environmental Migration ◽  
Key Words Climate Change ◽  
Change Climate ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Migration Pathways

This Major Research Paper examines the National Adaptation Plans of the Republic of the Maldives and Germany to determine if and how climate-induced migration is addressed. The paper examines how the receiving-migrant countries, and producing-migrant countries look at the forecasted issue from two different perspectives: securitization, and resiliency. In addition, this paper acknowledges that ad hoc temporary migration pathways have had success when dealing with environmental migration and determines that a formal change to the Convention Refugee definition is not necessary to address climate-induced migration. Key words: Climate Change; Climate-induced Migration; Refugees; National Adaptation Plans

scholarly journals Risks of Climate Change at Coastal Tourism in Bangladesh: A Study on Cox’s Bazar

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3(I)) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sohel Ahmed, S. M
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Population Displacement ◽  
Fish Stocks

This study is on ‘Risk of climate change at coastal tourism in Bangladesh. The main aim of thisresearch is to describe the risks associated with climate change that has an impact on tourism. The study usesprimary data collected from the respondents (Domestic, Local and International Tourists) by using variousmethods like; observation, survey and questionnaire. This research mainly adopts with close-endedquestionnaire. This study uses Five Point Likert scale to measure the intensity of risk. This research identifiesvarious types of risk like Rise of sea level, Rise of temperature, Acidic Sea, Damage Property, Damageinfrastructure, Damage Livelihood, Damage environmental resources, Inundation during Storm, Risky Road,Heat Waves, Coastal Floods, Droughts, Pollution, Leads Powerful Hurricanes, and Allergy. This study alsoexplores some other risks including Rainstorm, Disrupt Food Supply, Mangrove Deforestation, SalineIntrusion, Scarcity of Fresh Water, Population Displacement, Water Intrusion, Undermining of LocalCommunities, Coastline Erosion, Fish Stocks Inundate, Rough weather, Hot Sunshine with their intensity.

Modelling population displacement: both climate change and population growth heighten displacement risk due to river floods. 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pui Man Kam
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Hydrological Cycle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Population Displacement ◽  
Displaced People

<p>Disaster displacements create hardships, particularly for socio-economically vulnerable groups. Displaced people face heightened risks to their well-being, including their physical and mental health and personal security. Assisting displaced people is an important part of any humanitarian response to disasters.</p><p>Among weather-related disasters, river flooding is responsible for a large part of population displacement. River flood risk is expected to increase due to climate change and its effects on the hydrological cycle. At the same time, socioeconomic development scenarios indicate substantial increases of population in many regions that experience flood-induced displacement.</p><p>We have modelled projected changes to flood-driven population displacement in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century with the CLIMADA (CLIMate ADAptation) platform, in collaboration with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.</p><p>We show that both climate and population change are projected to lead to an increase of relative global flood displacement risk by roughly 350% by the end of the century. If we keep the population fixed at present levels, we find a roughly 150% increase in relative global flood displacement risk by the end of the century, or a 50% increase of risk per degree of global warming. We model displacement probabilities as a function of population density, flood depth and flood fraction.</p><p>Although the resolution of the global model is limited, the effect of climate change is robust across greenhouse gas concentration scenarios, climate models and hydrological models. Our work potentially enables the creation of a displacement early warning system.</p>

Climate Change and Population Displacement in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 510-532
Author(s):  
Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga ◽  
Gabriela Narcizo de Lima ◽  
Daniel Esteban Quiroga
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Population Displacement

scholarly journals THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRANTS: ACTIVITIES OF UNITED NATIONS’ ORGANS, PROGRAMMES, AND AGENCIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 150-158
Author(s):  
E. Yu. MARKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
International Level ◽  
International Protection ◽  
Environmental Migration

The article examines and analyzes the work of the UN Organs, Programmes and Agencies in solving the problem of protecting the rights of environmental migrants. It demonstrates the gradual recognition at the international level of the fact that it is necessary to protect the rights of people forced to migrate to safe and habitable areas in conditions of climate change (the rights of environmental migrants). Despite the fact that climate change has not been recognized as a factor directly in fl uencing migration and that the climate change is considered only in conjunction with other causes (economic, political, social, etc.), the UN Organs, Programmes and Agencies are working on research and recognition of the negative impact of the climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights. The author suggests that such work of the UN system will help to form and consolidate the international legal status of environmental migrants and subsequently to solve the problem of the environmental migration.

scholarly journals Planning for change: addressing environmental migration as a planning issue in the Greater Toronto Area

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin James Windross
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North America ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Environmental Migration

This paper aims to provide a background on a future climate change induced refugee crisis and the potential planning responses that may be warranted in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). A review of academic literature and policy documents indicate that such a climate change refugee crisis is within the realm of possibility. As a result, under current federal refugee policy, Canada will likely see an increase in episodes of refugee resettlement. For municipalities within the GTA, one of the most ethnically diverse regions in North America, it is recommended that planners and planning regimes incorporate multicultural planning practices to address and anticipate the needs of these future newcomers

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