Archive for 'Climate Refugees'
Urban Migration Underway as a result of Climate Change
The recent disaster in Myanmar has highlighted how some countries are much more susceptible to the impacts of severe weather events than others. Notably, there is some indication that destruction of coastal mangrove habitat may have contributed to the loss of life and property.
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Surin Pitsuwan, the Association of South-East Asian Nations [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2008 under Climate Refugees, Global Security.
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Are we ready for the “migration tsunami”?
Are the developed countries ready for the new wave of immigrants? The western world has experience many migrations…. the migration due to the Irish Potato Famine, the millions of political migrants fleeing Soviet-impossed communism to the west, the hundreds of thousands who escaped the Balkan Wars and the millions of economic migrants seeking a [...]
Posted: March 18th, 2008 under Climate Refugees.
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The Plight of the Tuvaluans
Reuters posted an interesting article today discussing the refugees and attendant problems that will result from global climate change. This is a subject that has been gaining increasing attention, and it is worth noting as it becomes more prevalent in media discussions. What is especially refreshing about this particular article is that it focuses on [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2008 under Climate Refugees, Global Security.
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