This phenomenon is called climate migration and it is becoming more common because of human-caused climate change. This past autumn we witnessed the beginning of what may be one of the most straightforward examples of climate-induced migration in Central America. Around 10,000 people have ...
Climate change has significant impacts on human displacements. This chapter reviews the economics literature on climate change impacts on migration with an emphasis on the agricultural linkage. The empirical literature has documented very mixed results on climate change impacts on migration. To partly res...
"Increasingly, we are seeing climate change become an engine of migration, forcing individuals, families and even whole communities to seek more viable and less vulnerable places to live," said World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva. The report finds that internal climate migration will likely rise thr...
In a 2015 article published in the scientific journal PNAS, researchers claimed that climate change contributed to widespread multi-year drought and mass rural to urban migration, which in turn fomented conflict in Syria. They repeated an oft-used argument within the environmental security debate, w...
"The nexus between climate change and surge in conflicts, insecurity and migration in Africa is overwhelming thus placing a heavier responsibility on governments to address this phenomenon with urgency," said Mutembei. He noted that the Horn of Africa and Sahel regions have become flashpoints as ...
In all, the portrait of climate change and migration painted by focusing only on environmental refugees is too simple. Climate change operates on already established migration processes that are part and parcel of the life course, embedded in dynamic social networks, and incorporated in larger ...
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Climate change is already increasing the severity of extreme weather events such as with rainfall during hurricanes. But little research to date investigates if, and to what extent, there are social inequalities in climate change-attributed extreme weath
This study examines the impact of destructive wildfires on human migration in the contiguous United States, showing that only the most extreme events affected existing migration trends. Migration in response to wildfire building destruction was rare, while immobility was a more common response. Kathryn...
(those with the lowest carbon footprint) are most likely to feel the brunt of its effects.16Climate change's effects on insurance will disproportionately harm low-income communities and those already facing housing insecurity. This could lead to displacement or forced migration away from at-risk ...