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1.climate change is not only about destruction of the environment. Very real human consequences are about to hit the world in the form of climate migrants and refugees. Vast amounts of people will be displaced. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/climate-migration.html
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http://2.Here is an article from the European Union Social Committee that highlight the scope of the problem worldwide. Internal migration has become international migration. Much of West African economic refugees moved due to land degradation https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news/climate-refugees-account-more-half-all-migrants-enjoy-little-protection
3.Climate change causes a wide range of issues, some seemingly insignificant, that can disrupt a whole regions people's way of life. Too much or too little rainfall, an unpredictable change in weather patterns, can all have ripple effects https://www.ipcc.ch/apps/njlite/srex/njlite_download.php?id=5866
4. The Brookings Institute breaks down three major effects of climate change that would cause human migration problems: weather events, competition for scarce resources, disease outbreaks, and the border stress as the result of these. https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-climate-crisis-migration-and-refugees/
5. Specific to Europe, there are many considerations regarding the coming climate migration crisis. A lot of nations migrants could potentially go to Europe, such as those from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Europe already faced a refugee crisis. They are likely to face more
6. This article speaks about the ecological threats that will send climate refugees into Europe by 2050. "19 countries with the highest number of environmental threats are amount the world's least peaceful countries." https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/ecology-threats-likely-to-send-more-climate-refugees-towards-europe-by-2050/
7. One of the most recent refugee challenges in the region was the Syrian War crisis. There are now many studies on the effect of climate change causing The Syrian War. https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebites/chapter/the-effects-of-climate-change-on-the-syrian-uprising/#:~:text=Climate%20change%20is%20occurring%20in,Mediterranean%20within%20the%20Middle%20East.
8. Destabilization of a country or region due to resource scarcity is one of the biggest contributors to climate migrants and refugees. Climate change is already affecting many vulnerable parts of the world
The United Nations refugee agency starts to recognize the refugees that would be a consequence of climate change, though they are not recognized as a category by international law https://www.unhcr.org/climate-change-and-disasters.html
