Talk:Environmental migrant

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Legal status of the term

This article seems to be largely an ad hoc attempt to define the term "climate refugee." The UN's Inter-Agency Standing Committee says about this term:

In international or regional refugee law a refugee is a person, who meets the criteria under the applicable refugee definition provided for in international or regional refugee instruments, UNHCR’s mandate, and/or in national legislation.
Environmental factors that cause movements across international borders are not grounds, in and of themselves, for the grant of refugee status under the 1951 Refugee Convention. The terms “environmental refugee” and “climate refugee” therefore have no legal basis in international refugee law, and it is recommended that they not be used in official or unofficial documentation. Their use could potentially undermine the international legal regime for the protection of refugees, misdescribe what are projected to be essentially internal movements, and create confusion regarding the link between climate change, environmental degradation and migration. (emphasis mine -TS)

Source: Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: Who will be affected Working paper submitted by the informal group on Migration/ Displacement and Climate Change of the IASC - 31 October 2008

I think it's important to recognise this. Not that people won't be displaced by climate change, but that the term "climate refugee" is not that well defined. --TS 16:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Categories

My mistake in removing Category:Climate change, as I'm proposing the "named" category be deleted. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 16:38, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Article bias

This article, in some spots, reads more like a subjective critique of literature than like an objective, encyclopedia-style entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.253.159 (talk) 15:18, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Much of the neocon bias can be traced to this edit.--Anders Feder (talk) 06:13, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Who Moved My Cheese? relevant?

Who Moved My Cheese? relevant? 99.35.15.199 (talk) 04:13, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

resource Nature (journal) Climate change: Migration as adaptation

Climate change: Migration as adaptation Mobility can bring opportunities for coping with environmental change, say Richard Black, Stephen R. G. Bennett, Sandy M. Thomas and John R. Beddington. Nature (journal) 478, 447–449 (20 October 2011) doi:10.1038/478477a

99.35.15.107 (talk) 04:46, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Machine-generated un-decipherable cryptex found in the article, of probable US neocon origin.

>Conceptual problems and criticism Much of the literature produced on 'environmental migration' assumes the nexus to be self-evident. The category is both emotive and commonsensical, and therefore has widespread currency in the media and among policy makers, non-social scientists and neo-Malthusianist social scientists. However, there is no evidence that the concept can be used to achieve generalisable truths. In brief, this is because the degree to which any given environmental factor is meaningful at the societal level - let alone to any specific aspect of human activity, such as migration - is entirely conditional on socio-economic and political contingencies. In other words, it is impossible to isolate a single environmental factor as an independent variable from which to deduce its impact on a particular (or general) form of social outcome in any way that will be generalisably useful; the relationship will be different depending on circumstance. <

This whole paragraph in the current article is pure excrement. If one's island sticks out only one meter / yard from the ocean and has been for millennia, with natives living merrily under the palm trees and then excessive USA automobilism makes sea rise 1.5 meters via global warming, then the natives must leave, else their babies would all drown. They must find a new higher place to settle and no legalistic-sounding mumbo-jumbo can whitewash that fact. Why, oh why WP needs to be a watchtower and loudhorn-equipped minaret of the US political far right of the shaliest oil? The article should change out of shame! 82.131.210.163 (talk) 10:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

The same person has inserted undeniable bias into the article. Here's the sentence: "A documentary entitled Climate Refugees has been released, which engages uncritically with the neo-malthusian understandings of the climate change-migration nexus." This is the point at which this person's contributions can safely be deleted on POV grounds alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.147.210.162 (talk) 20:56, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Referencing the recent Foresight report

Full disclosure: I work for Foresight

Hi,

I'd like to alert the editors/maintainers to the recent report published by UK Government's Foresight Programme titled Migration and Global Environmental Change. This report is relevant to the discussion and was well received in the media and the wider science community. It is a fair and balanced assessment of the state of climate change and global migration.

Thanks Dan

Happydan.uk (talk) 12:20, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

MTA Peer Review

You succeeded in improving the content of the article with valid information from important sources! You also improved the structure of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmawilson15 (talk • contribs) 02:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Student Review

This article would be more comprehensible and representative of the current conditions among climate refugees if there was a section the distinguishes those who are displaced by acute disasters, such as wildfires in fire corridors, from those who are displaced because of chronic and accumulating hazards, such as rising water levels from climate change. Ghv2 (talk) 01:49, 16 September 2016 (UTC)Geneva 9/15/16



The lead section is clear and detailed, but could be a little more concise. Start a new sentence after “secure livelihood”, as opposed to using a period. I feel that the phrase “despite problems in formulating a uniform and clear-cut definition of ‘environmental migrant’” is unnecessary. Other than those few grammatical tweaks, it is a thorough, well-written lead section. Well done.

The structure is clear, and the order of subtitles makes sense and has a good flow.

The coverage appears to be balanced. Remember that it is important to not draw information too much from a single source. For example, the entire subsection of “Types” is based from a single source, and could be more balanced by imputing information from a variety of sources.

Otherwise, there are many other reliable sources that were provided, and the article is very informative and “encyclopedic”. Hannaheaton (talk) 05:40, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Politics150 University of Arizona

For our group project, we are going to contribute to the wikipedia article Environmental Migrants.

I would like to contribute information relating to the definition of an environmental migrant/refugee (and how it is different from that of a regular migrant/refugee) which I believe will be addressed in the opening paragraph or so. That being said, it can get potentially fuzzy at times to clearly define. I also think the term migrant doesn't necessarily envelop the definition of someone who is forced to move from their home (they would stay if the environmental changes weren't causing a lower quality of life) because of the environmental impact. I would also like to explore the effect that it is taking for our country (Alaska) and other countries (small island developing states). Within the context of the Small island developing states, I would like to discuss the difference between slow onset (sea level rise) and more immediate issues that occur (natural disaster). Ahouchin01 (talk) 06:27, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Barth, Brian. "Before It's Too Late." Planning 82.8 (2016): 14-20. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Feb. 2017.

Citizens Of Sinking Islands: Early Victims Of Climate Change." Indiana Journal Of Global Legal Studies 23.2 (2016): 819-838. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Feb. 2017. Ahouchin01 (talk) 06:20, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Warren, Phillip Dane. "Forced Migration After Paris Cop21: Evaluating The "Climate Change Displacement Coordination Facility." Columbia Law Review 116.8 (2016): 2103-2144. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Feb. 2017.

Koubi, Vally, Sebastian Stoll, and Gabriele Spilker. "Perceptions Of Environmental Change And Migration Decisions." Climatic Change 138.3/4 (2016): 439-451. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 Feb. 2017. Ahouchin01 (talk) 06:24, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/research/working/3ae6a0d00/environmental-refugees-myth-reality-richard-black.htmlAhouchin01 (talk) 03:00, 17 February 2017 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/22/environmental-refugees-50_n_826488.htmljoedibella97 (talk) 10:18 17 February 2017

I think this is a great addition to the page. I do not know much about the difference between migrant and refugee, so I think it would be a good distinction to mention. Courtbnt (talk) 20:02, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

I also believe this will be great information to add to the page. One thing I might suggest is any play environmental economics and/or capitalism might have any effects on this issue. Hstandley (talk) 02:58, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

It may be worthwhile to add more context to the rise of climate refugees in the public eye, and concerns for this phenomena as being important on a greater time scale than recent memory given such older documentaries as "An Inconvenient Truth" give some mention of this potential under the context of global change. The political effects of this may also require some expansion or even another article given the far reaching impacts of this article. Ldavidson1 (talk) 06:50, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

I agree with the past comments made, your plans for editing the current state of the article are well thought out and you have a wide variety of sources. One thing I would suggest is to be careful not to bog down your contributions while using so many sources. I'm not sure if it is discussed within your sources but I would also suggest looking into how current neoliberalist policies affect mirgant. Jrobles2795 (talk) 21:31, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Three types of environmental migrants very confusing

In three different places are the three types of environmental migrants (IOM) mentioned and every time they are described and called slightly differently. Could there be one section where this is covered in detail rather than touching it at different places? I tried to make sense of it but want to avoid that I write something wrong. Many thanks, Michtrich (talk) 18:29, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Recent data

further claiming that this figure could double by 2010, with an upper limit of 200 million by 2050 (Myers 1997)

Why 1997?

Need more up to data. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefek99 (talk • contribs) 10:57, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

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After evaluating and reviewing the article, I had a few questions and suggestions about how to improve the flow and information provided.

1. Under the section “Global perceptions from possible countries of asylum”, the sentence “The United States, which was warned under the Obama administration to prepare for climate change and the refugees, may have more difficulties being prepared to do so under current President Donald Trump” is cited with two separate articles, but nether mentions Donald trump or his policies.

2. Under enumeration section, the information seems unbalanced. There is a lot of information on Asia/Pacific and less on North America and South America, and no information provided on Africa.

3: The types of migrants is confusing. Are there 3 types, or 6 types? This section should be condensed into 3 different types, and suggest alternate names for each. For example: Pressured environmental migrants, also called environmental motivated migrants, are people who choose to leave to avoid possible future problems. The current layout is confusing to the reader and is redundant.

4.Having a separate section for definitions seems repetitive because the introduction already defines environmental migrants. It might make more sense to have that section called something like “Legal Definition”.

5. In the section “perspective of countries taking immigrants”, it seems unbalanced to only have the UK represented. Perhaps there could be more information on other countries taking environmental migrants.

MariahKunz (talk) 20:55, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

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Removed blog section from definition

I removed the following:

The United Nations Environment Programme had used the terminology "climate refugees" in its 2005 estimates of people displaced due to climate change, but this information had been removed been removed from the website in 2011.[1]

It has been removed because the source is a blog, and I haven't yet been able to find an RS to back up the statement or to establish notability. Copied here for future reference. Jlevi JleviUser talk:Jlevi|talk]]) 21:02, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Proposed edit

Hello my name is Ashley, and I am a PJHC student at Rice University. I was hoping to add another section to this article detailing the environmental migrants from countries like the Middle East as well as current policies combatting environrmental refugees. Please check out my talk page to know more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atsang99 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Hey Ashley! Sounds great. Looks like you've made solid contributions in the past, and I look forward to seeing your additions. This sounds like a valuable addition to the page. If you need any help with research, copy-editing, or navigating Wikipedia policy, please don't hesitate to reach out. Jlevi (talk) 16:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I made a similar contribution that you were hoping to make and created a section for the origins of environmental migrants. More specifically, I talked about environmental migrants coming from Small Island Developing States. I hope that you can contribute to this section in the future! Lmagliac (talk) 03:03, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Restructure Article

I feel this article could use some restructuring. For one, there is no section on history or the origin of the concept of environmental migrants. That is definitely needed. The enumeration section currently makes up the bulk of the article, and the enumeration of environmental migrants in the US focuses on a handful of seemingly arbitrary states. This section could use restructuring too. VM98 (talk) 17:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

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