Climate change and population displacement
(Book)

Introduction

Climate change and population displacement around the world. Summer heat waves were a sign / Bob Berwyn ; In Japan a tsunami led to a nuclear plant disaster / Bill Dawson ; In Africa and Asia the coastal poor are being pushed to the most dangerous zones for climate change / The World Bank Group ; In Fiji a government responded to a community severely affected by climate change / Michael Traeger, Raveena Grace, Maddison Brian, and Jack Simkin, with Dr. Celia McMichael ; A four-degree rise in global temperatures could trigger a worldwide economic depression / Tom Kompas ; Specific patterns of climate changes have closely matched the predicted effects of greenhouse gas emissions / Spencer Weart

The causes and effects of climate change migration. Some regions may be uninhabitable by the end of the century / David Funkhouser ; In Bangladesh, Chad, and the United States mass climate migration is a growing global crisis / Marcus Arcanjo ; Climate change and instability / Carolyn Kenney ; In the Pacific Islands hotspots for climate migrants require further research / John Campbell and Olivia Warrick

The politics of climate change. In the United States climate adaptation plans vary / Lykke Leonardsen ; Climate refugees are being ignored in the discussions about displaced people / Tim McDonnell ; Developed countries must do more than reduce emissions / Shyam Saran ; Adopting smarter policies will allow communities to adapt to changes from climate change / Alice Thomas ; The costs and consequences of climate change on our world will define the 21st century / Michael Werz and Laura Conley ; We must listen to climate refugees now / Rebecca Buxton and Theophilus Kwek

An uneasy future. In Tuvalu and Kiribati residents must find new homes when the islands become submerged / Rana Balesh ; Nations should prepare now to help the millions who will be displaced by climate change / Gulrez Shah Azhar ; In the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, extreme heatwaves could push the climate beyond human endurance / Damian Carrington ; Oppressive humidity will make certain parts of the world uninhabitable / Kevin Krajick ; In the United States climate change has made restoration ecologists change course / Maya L. Kapoor

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