Climate Refugees: Should You Use the Term?

Climate Refugees!! It is probably a term you have heard before and maybe you have even used it. But should we actually be using it? In this video we talk about the issues with the term and give reasons for and against using the term.

Resources + Videos
Boas et al (2019). Climate migration myths. Nature Climate Change, 9(12), 901-903.
https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU...
Durand-Delacre et al (2021). Climate migration is about people, not numbers. In: Negotiating climate change in crisis, 63-81.
https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU...

Global Report on Internal Displacement 2022
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Why do people migrate? How do they decide where to go?
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Arguments Against the Term
4:25 Arguments for the Term
7:40 Is Legal Protection Impossible?
9:42 Wrap-Up

References
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Writing by David Durand-Delacre and Kees van der Geest, UNU-EHS in the Environment and Migration section
Video Editing by Kevin O’Dell, UNU-MERIT Researcher
This video was produced as part of the Intercultural Learning Online Project, funded by the European Union and ILO.