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Free-Movement Agreements & Climate-Induced Migration: A Caribbean Case Study, Ama Francis
Free-Movement Agreements & Climate-Induced Migration: A Caribbean Case Study, Ama Francis
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Climate-induced migration has become a global challenge. Climate change intensifies the frequency and severity of disasters, thereby increasing the number of people displaced by extreme weather events. Adverse climate impacts are already exacerbating patterns of human mobility, and will do so to a greater degree in the future. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) reports that approximately 265 million people have been displaced by natural hazards since 2008. Over 17 million people were internally displaced by disasters in 2018 alone. While the majority of climate migrants are displaced within their home countries, many people are forced to move abroad.
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