Rising Tides (eBook)

Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century

Denise Robbins, John R. Wennersten (Herausgeber)

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2017
272 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02592-0 (ISBN)

Infos

“Deals masterfully with a neglected crisis, how climate change is driving migration . . . The work broaches solutions both practical . . . and political.”—Christopher E. Goldthwait, former US Ambassador   With global climate change upon us, it is imperative to start thinking about the massive numbers of people who will be displaced by environmental crises. The rise in sea levels alone will account for hundreds of millions of refugees around the globe.   In Rising Tides, John R. Wennersten and Denise Robbins face the difficult questions that will have to be answered: How will people be relocated and settled? Is it possible to offer environmental refugees temporary or permanent asylum? Will these refugees have any collective rights in the new areas they inhabit? And lastly, who will pay the costs of all the affected countries during the process of resettlement?   Offering an essential, continent-by-continent look at these dangers, Rising Tides is “a passionately argued, well-documented wake-up call on the dire, current and undeniable human fallout from climate change. Looking behind the headlines, it connects the dots in a way that will inform and should alarm us all” (Eugene L. Meyer, author of Five for Freedom).   “This chilling and urgent call to action spares no detail in its mission to present the facts on a looming humanitarian disaster. Climate-change warning messages too often focus on the environment without going into specifics of how humans will be hurt by global warming. Rising Tides singlehandedly rectifies this issue.”—Foreword Reviews   “A must read for policymakers and those in positions of power, especially the ones who remain in a state of denial about climate change and refuse to do enough to address the crisis.”—The Hindu

Autor

lt;P>John R. Wennersten is an environmental affairs writer and author of Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century.

Denise Robbins is a writer and communications expert on climate change issues in Washington, DC. A graduate of Cornell University, she regularly publishes articles dealing with all aspects of global and national environmental change, with a focus on regional politics.

Inhalt

Preface

Part 1
Climate Refugees in the 21st Century
Introduction – Rising Tide: Climate Refugees in the 21st Century
Chapter 1: Seeking Shelter From the Storm
Chapter 2: Refugeedom

Part 2
Pressure Points and Regional Analysis
Chapter 3: What Happens When Your Country Drowns?
Chapter 4: The Crisis Hits Home: Climate Refugees In The United States
Chapter 5: Latin America: Land Of Rain, Land Of Thirst
Chapter 6: Africa: Environmental Conflicts In A War-Torn Land
Chapter 7: Middle East: The Boiling Point Of Climate Change And National Security
Chapter 8: Asia: The Looming Crisis

Part 3
Policy Implications and Conclusions
Chapter 9: Current Affairs and Climate Refugees
Chapter 10: The Shape Of Things To Come

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.6.2017
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 33 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Climate • climate change • climate change, oceans, icecaps, drought, water supply, climate, global warming • Drought • global warming • icecaps • Oceans • water supply
• ISBN-10: 0-253-02592-3 / 0253025923
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02592-0 / 9780253025920