irony of climate refugee
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AN INTRODUCTION
Climate change is today the cause of movements of people and in future is expected up to 200 million people getting affected unless drastic changes will happen, for instance by introducing significantly more renewable energy.
Climate change does not only force people to flee, it can also cause wars. The war in Sudan between north and south has several causes, but one of them is climate change because there are shortages of food and water. The war in Sudan is described by some as the world's first climate war.
It is mostly developing countries that are affected by climate change, namely Africa and Asia. This is ironic since these countries have not contributed as much to pollution as the industrialized countries that only have minor annoyances because of climate change.
In Asia there are large rural areas of Bangladesh that are very low lying and as a result of climate change increases sea level and has displaced thousands of people.
of global warming and the expected scale of climate change are becoming repetitious and tiresome, as are the endless debates about whether or not it’s all really happening and what’s causing it. The models and prophecies of chaotic weather leading to floods, droughts, heat waves, and monstrous storms seem almost irrelevant if not downright boring. Why? Because they’re already happening. Climate chaos is with us. And about 20 million people around the world have already suffered the consequences. Twenty million is the widely accepted estimate of “climate refugees,” currently defined as people who have involuntarily left their homelands in response to untenable environmental factors. Never before have so many people lost their homelands so rapidly and so permanently.
By TERRY J. ALLEN It has already started. The first ripples from rising seas are inundating
IRONY OF
AN INTRODUCTION
Climate change is today the cause of movements of people and in future is expected up to 200 million people getting affected unless drastic changes will happen, for instance by introducing significantly more renewable energy.
Climate change does not only force people to flee, it can also cause wars. The war in Sudan between north and south has several causes, but one of them is climate change because there are shortages of food and water. The war in Sudan is described by some as the world's first climate war.
It is mostly developing countries that are affected by climate change, namely Africa and Asia. This is ironic since these countries have not contributed as much to pollution as the industrialized countries that only have minor annoyances because of climate change.
In Asia there are large rural areas of Bangladesh that are very low lying and as a result of climate change increases sea level and has displaced thousands of people.
of global warming and the expected scale of climate change are becoming repetitious and tiresome, as are the endless debates about whether or not it’s all really happening and what’s causing it. The models and prophecies of chaotic weather leading to floods, droughts, heat waves, and monstrous storms seem almost irrelevant if not downright boring. Why? Because they’re already happening. Climate chaos is with us. And about 20 million people around the world have already suffered the consequences. Twenty million is the widely accepted estimate of “climate refugees,” currently defined as people who have involuntarily left their homelands in response to untenable environmental factors. Never before have so many people lost their homelands so rapidly and so permanently.
By TERRY J. ALLEN It has already started. The first ripples from rising seas are inundating