GEOG 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Climate Change Denial, Blade Runner, Permafrost
28 May 2017
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Readings thguardian article don"t call them "refugees": why climate-change victims need a different label. Climate refugee status looked as an offensive label. When people move because of the impacts of climate change, they tend to move within their own country. Protecting these people means two things: making sure they can move to find work legally if they want to, and making sure the places and work are safe. Rightly or wrongly the term refugee conjures powerful images. Tended camps; people moving in urgent distress; leaving their homes and walking huge distances. Many civil society groups within the pacific talk about migration with dignity. Cultural practices, family connections and customs are maintained and the community is re- established in a safer location. Or it can mean migration bit by bit and integration into new communities. Many people from pacific island nations are already working and studying abroad. Some see the continuation of this trend as the solution.
