Climate Change, Migration and Security in South Asia

South Asia will be among the regions hardest hit by […]

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June 20, 2013

South Asia will be among the regions hardest hit by climate change. Higher temperatures, more extreme weather, rising sea levels, increasing cyclonic activity in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, as well as floods in the region’s complex river systems will complicate existing development and poverty reduction initiatives.

Coupled with high population density levels, these climate shifts have the potential to create complex environmental, humanitarian, and security challenges. India and Bangladesh, in particular, will feel the impacts of climate change acutely. The Center for American Progress examines this vulnerable nexus in the latest installment of our Climate-Migration-Security series.

Read the full report here: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2012/12/03/46382/climate-change-migration-and-conflict-in-south-asia/

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  1. Anne Held July 3, 2013 at 11:58 am - Reply

    Dear Caitlin and Francesco
    This is very inspiring article. You can look at recently pujblished books and papers on climate change displacement, see:
    Gregory White, Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World, Oxford University Press, 2011.
    Bogumil Terminski, Environmentally Induced Displacement, http://www.cedem.ulg.ac.be/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Environmentally-Induced-Displacement-Terminski-1.pdf
    Jane McAdam, Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law, Ofrord University Press, Oxford-New York, 2012, pp. 344. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199587087.do

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