Climate Change Refugees in the Time of Sinking Islands
Author: Jane Steffens PDF: Climate Change Refugees in the Time of Sinking Islands Abstract While environmental migration is not a new phenomenon, the international community has been slow to react to a wildly increasing number of people displaced by climate-related factors. With the current scenario of sinking islands, rapid urbanization, and drought, the international community seems to be on the precipice of a massive humanitarian catastrophe. Even so, lawmakers appear hesi