Fostering migration as an adaptation strategy for climate change

in: Diplomatisches Magazin 2 (2), 34-37

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Climate change is real, and it is increasingly affecting people in developing and emerging countries. Fears have been mounting in the Global North that climate change could produce millions of ‘climate refugees’ fleeing to Europe or North America. However, social science research on the effects of global warming on human mobility suggests that migration is neither an inevitable nor a critical consequence per se of climate change. Instead, migration can also be a useful adaptation strategy.

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Bauer, Steffen

Political scientist

Schraven, Benjamin

Political Scientist

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Aleksandrova, Mariya

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Brandi, Clara

Economy and Political Science 

Christ, Simone

Social Anthropology 

Dippel, Beatrice

Comparatist 

Donnelly, Aiveen

Politcal Science 

Ekoh, Susan S.

Environmental Research 

Flaig, Merlin

Social Science 

Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna

Economy 

Goedeking, Nicholas

Comparative Political Economy 

Jaji, Rose

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Geography 

Kuhnt, Jana

Development Economist 

Lehmann, Ina

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Malerba, Daniele

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Martin-Shields, Charles

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Mathis, Okka Lou

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