A Closer Look at Climate-Induced Human Migration from Seven African Nations to Seven OECD Nations

• Main Author: Zaheer, Fathima Bushra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of African Studies 2020
• Subjects: Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/nokoko/article/view/2786

The intersection between climate change and human mobility is increasingly examined in development studies literature. Certainly, it is an important nexus to reflect on since climate change is irreversible, and subsequent shifting human migration patterns have amplified its effects. The consequences of climate change, for example, rising sea levels, the melting of the permafrost and ice caps, and increasing global sea and land temperatures, have implications as drastic as leading to the submersion of entire island nations due to the increase in sea levels (Reuveny, 2007).