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|a In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a New York, NY : |b Center for International Earth Science Information Network, |c 2009-05-01. |
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|a The impacts of climate change are already causing migration and
displacement. Although the exact number of people that will be
on the move by mid-century is uncertain, the scope and scale
could vastly exceed anything that has occurred before. People in
the least developed countries and island states will be affected
first and worst.
The consequences for almost all aspects of development and
human security could be devastating. There may also be
substantial implications for political stability.
Most people will seek shelter in their own countries while others
cross borders in search of better odds. Some displacement and
migration may be prevented through the implementation of
adaptation measures. However, poorer countries are underequipped
to support widespread adaptation. As a result,
societies affected by climate change may find themselves locked
into a downward spiral of ecological degradation, towards the
bottom of which social safety nets collapse while tensions and
violence rise. In this all-too-plausible worst-case scenario,
large populations would be forced to migrate as a matter of
immediate survival.
Climate-related migration and displacement can be successfully
addressed only if they are seen as global processes rather
than local crises. The principle of common but differentiated
responsibilities—both in terms of minimizing displacement
and supporting unavoidable migration—must, therefore,
underlie policy negotiations and subsequent outcomes. The
burden of assisting and protecting displaced populations
cannot be allowed to fall on the shoulders of most affected
states alone. |
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