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1 - People on the Move in a Changing Climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2025

Kelsea Best ,
Kayly Ober  and
Robert A. McLeman
Kelsea Best
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University
Kayly Ober
Affiliation:
United States Institute of Peace
Robert A. McLeman
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
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This chapter provides an introduction to climate-related migration and displacement in the distant and more recent past, an overview of the basic natural science processes behind anthropogenic climate change for readers that require one, a review of how the impacts of climate change in a general sense present risks to individuals, households and communities, and how vulnerability and adaptation shape these risks, a summary of the social science on how migration decisions are made and the general types of patterns and outcomes that emerge, and a consolidated picture of how climate hazards interact with non-climatic processes to shape migration and displacement.

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migrationdisplacementclimate changeclimate riskclimate adaptationmobilityimmobilitygreenhouse gasesclimate-related migration and displacement
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Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate , pp. 1 - 50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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