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Climate Refugees, the Paris Agreement, and the Delusion of Isolation

Thomas Schueneman August 14, 2017

One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic Be it from social unrest, economic upheaval, or environmental collapse, forced human migration is at unprecedented levels. According to the UNHCR, there are more than 65 million displaced people in the world today. Of those, more than 22 million are forced refugees. Over half are under […]Read More

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Research Reveals Climate Change’s Role in Migrations, Refugee Crises

Andrew Burger August 23, 2016

Climate change is contributing to forced mass migrations and refugee crises around the world, raising the potential for all sorts of conflict – social, political and military. Fleeing armed conflict is clearly the reason in some parts of the world, the flood of migrants flooding into Western Europe from Syria and Libya, for example. It’s […]Read More

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Climate Migrants Will Add to the Refugee Crisis

Richard Matthews September 18, 2015

Hundreds of thousands of migrants are fleeing to Europe to escape conflicts fueled in part by climate change. While this is the worst refugee crisis the world has faced since World War ll, it is nothing compared to the number of climate refugees we can expect as the world continues to warm. In the absence […]Read More

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Climate Refugees, the Paris Agreement, and the Delusion of Isolation

Research Reveals Climate Change’s Role in Migrations, Refugee Crises

Climate Migrants Will Add to the Refugee Crisis