by VOVO USA
Climate Refugee?
Climate refugees are people who have to leave their habitats, immediately or in the near future, because of sudden or gradual alterations in their natural environment related to at least one of three impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and water scarcity. Many refugee emergencies develop in border areas that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, due to their geographic location, general prevailing conditions (e.g., poverty, over‐population) or relative isolation from political decision‐making....