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Amidst Climate-Induced (Im)Mobility: Field Insights from Jyotirmath, India

Tulika Bourai — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:30:11 +0000

As climate disasters intensify in India, little is known about its effects on internal migration in regions like the Himalayas. In Jyotirmath, Uttarakhand, known as India’s “sinking town,” many people choose to stay despite ongoing disasters. Their decisions are shaped by deep cultural ties, economic struggles, and environmental pressures that

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Climate Migration in South America – Is the Region Prepared for the New Migration Flows?

Marilia Gagliardi — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:34:20 +0000

As a result of climate-induced more frequent and severe natural disasters, many are being forced to leave their homes. South America, with its history of natural disasters and inequality, faces a challenge. But are the countries of the continent prepared for this growing wave of climate migration? A comparison of

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Is It Still Worth Arguing Over the Concept of “Climate Refugee”?

Cyprien Fluzin — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:13:26 +0000

Refugee lawyers have long contested the popular use of the term “climate refugee.” What could seem like legal nitpicking has the merit of highlighting major differences in legal categories. It also reveals international law’s current inability to offer adequate systematic solutions to forced cross-border displacement caused by climate change. Nonetheless,

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Environment-Induced Mobilities: The Stories that the Field Tells

Mrittika Bhattacharya — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:30:45 +0000

In Sundarban, India, my conversation with a Bangladeshi woman challenged the common perceptions surrounding environment-induced mobilities, since she cited insufficient income as the primary reason behind moving with her family. This made me look beyond the “obvious” during a six-month exploration using Feminist Participatory Action Research, revealing the interplay between

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A Pacific Perspective on Climate-Related Migration

Sargam Goundar — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:30:23 +0000

Pacific Island countries have globally been at the forefront of research, media, and policy discussions on climate mobility. These island nations have been predominantly categorized as “climate migrant-sending countries” – particularly so in Europe, where media and Western scholarship have painted an overly simplistic picture in which “all Pacific Islands

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The Next Stop

Salomon Bennour — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:05 +0000

In 2050, how will we see our past mobility amid a climate disaster? One day, the tragic consequences of climate change may make us wonder about our past mobility, which seemed limitless. When the natural laws hit back, Northern Europe might become more of an El-Dorado than the Bahamas are

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Don’t Expect Too Much of 2050

Marco Bitschnau — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:40:23 +0000

It is human nature to imagine a future much different from the present, but the excess of this trait can also easily lead us astray. And while we may indeed reappraise the current mobilities and immobilities against the backdrop of climate change, we should be careful not to raise our

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