climate migration

Where Do Environmental Refugees Come From?

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Where Do Environmental Refugees Come From? The majority of environmentally-induced migrants are likely to come from rural areas, as their livelihoods often depend on climate sensitive sectors, such as agriculture and fishing. However, climate migration out of urban areas is also possible as sea level rise affects the densely populated coastal areas. Where do most

What Climate Refugees Means?

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What Climate Refugees Means? What climate refugees means? environmental refugees What is climate refugee status? The term “climate refugees” has been used since 1985 when UN Environment Programme (UNEP) expert Essam El-Hinnawi defined climate – or environmental – refugees as people who have been “forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of