Overview of the most common Root Causes, Drivers & Effects of Climate Migration
Click links below to go to see information on the problem and how it leads to forced displacement
Data & Reports on Root Causes of Climate Migration
Global Temperatures Rising
NOAA Global Land & Water Temperature Increasing
Rising Sea Levels
NASA Facts & Information on Sea Level Rise
Westernised Farming Practice
Western Agriculture Technology has led to massive bio-diversity loss, which reduces resilience.
How Post-Colonialism Reduces Resilience to the Effects of Climate Change
Inequality of how people are able to respond to the effects of Climate Change around the world.
Data & Reports on Drivers of Climate Migration
Rising Heat Leads to More Extreme Heat Events
WHO Climate Change leading to more Extreme Heat Events
Extreme Heat Leading to Climate Migration
Prevention Web, Extreme heat and heatwaves leading to forced displacement
Increased Coastal Flooding
European Comission, Climate Change & increased Coastal Flooding due to more extreme weather and rising sea levels.
Industrial Agriculture Contributes to and Reduces Resilence to Climate Change
This article outlines how modern, western farming practices lack the resilience of ancient techniques for several reasons. This means more farms will fail in drought or flood forcing rural - urban migration.
Flash Flooding More Likely from Climate Change
Fast Onset Disasters such as flash flooding are becoming more common with the effects of Climate Change.
Sea-Level Rise Induced Climate Migration
UN, Looking at mass forced migration, due to sea-level rise, caused by climate change.
Data & Reports on Adverse Effects of Climate Migration
Effect on Urban areas of Extreme Heat & Climate Immigration
Mass Internal Displacement
Groundswell, Paper on the massive coming internal displacement in the developing world, focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America & Southern Asia
Over-Urbanisation
Impact of Forced Migration on Host Communities
Rapid Urbanisation
US Institute of Peace, Study on the joint stressors of Climate Change & Rapid urbanisation
Climate Migration & Urban Areas
IOM, Project on how Urban areas are set to see more pressures due to climate migration, but are also contributing to the issue
Lack of Refugee Status
Council on Foreign Relations, Article on Refugee Status and how the lack of status is an issue for those forcibly displaced by Climate Change.