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Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era: A Political Understanding of Climate Change

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  • Silja Klepp

    (Department of Geography, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany)

  • Christiane Fröhlich

    (German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), 20354 Hamburg, Germany)

Abstract

This special issue explores underrepresented aspects of the political dimensions of global warming. It includes post- and decolonial perspectives on climate-related migration and conflict, intersectional approaches, and climate change politics as a new tool of governance. Its aim is to shed light on the social phenomena associated with anthropogenic climate change. The different contributions aim to uncover its multidimensional and far-reaching political effects, including climate-induced migration movements and climate-related conflicts in different parts of the world. In doing so, the authors critically engage with securitising discourses and resulting anti-migration arguments and policies in the Global North. In this way, they identify and give a voice to alternative and hitherto underrepresented research and policy perspectives. Overall, the special issue aims to contribute to a critical and holistic approach to human mobility and conflict in the context of political and environmental crisis.

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  • Silja Klepp & Christiane Fröhlich, 2020. "Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era: A Political Understanding of Climate Change," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-9, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:9:y:2020:i:5:p:78-:d:357457
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