A huge effect of climate change is mass migration. But amid the thrust to cut emissions,it was entirely overlookedWhile the United Nations climate change talks in Paris struggled to elicit credible commitments, notably lost from the debate was “environmental displacement” – people fleeing their homes on account of natural disaster. As temperatures and sea levels rise, and land-expend patterns change,there will be meaningful consequences for human mobility within and across borders.
However, public and media debate scarcely discussed the issue, and the only references in the Paris summit’s negotiated outcome document are indistinct to the point of meaninglessness. This absence is particularly striking in a year in which refugees and migration have otherwise been so high on the political agenda.
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Source: theguardian.com