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Climate migration myths

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  • Ingrid Boas

    (Wageningen University)

  • Carol Farbotko

    (Griffith University)

  • Helen Adams

    (King’s College London)

  • Harald Sterly

    (University of Vienna)

  • Simon Bush

    (Wageningen University)

  • Kees Geest

    (United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security)

  • Hanne Wiegel

    (Wageningen University)

  • Hasan Ashraf

    (Jahangirnagar University)

  • Andrew Baldwin

    (Durham University)

  • Giovanni Bettini

    (Lancaster University)

  • Suzy Blondin

    (University of Neuchatel)

  • Mirjam Bruijn

    (Leiden University)

  • David Durand-Delacre

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Christiane Fröhlich

    (German Institute of Global and Area Studies)

  • Giovanna Gioli

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Lucia Guaita

    (Wageningen University)

  • Elodie Hut

    (University of Liège)

  • Francis X. Jarawura

    (University for Development Studies)

  • Machiel Lamers

    (Wageningen University)

  • Samuel Lietaer

    (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

  • Sarah L. Nash

    (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Forest, Environment and Natural Resource Policy)

  • Etienne Piguet

    (University of Neuchatel)

  • Delf Rothe

    (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg)

  • Patrick Sakdapolrak

    (University of Vienna)

  • Lothar Smith

    (Institute for Management Research, Radboud University)

  • Basundhara Tripathy Furlong

    (Wageningen University)

  • Ethemcan Turhan

    (KTH, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment)

  • Jeroen Warner

    (Wageningen University)

  • Caroline Zickgraf

    (University of Liège)

  • Richard Black

    (University of Birmingham)

  • Mike Hulme

    (University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Misleading claims about mass migration induced by climate change continue to surface in both academia and policy. This requires a new research agenda on ‘climate mobilities’ that moves beyond simplistic assumptions and more accurately advances knowledge of the nexus between human mobility and climate change.

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  • Ingrid Boas & Carol Farbotko & Helen Adams & Harald Sterly & Simon Bush & Kees Geest & Hanne Wiegel & Hasan Ashraf & Andrew Baldwin & Giovanni Bettini & Suzy Blondin & Mirjam Bruijn & David Durand-Del, 2019. "Climate migration myths," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 9(12), pages 901-903, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:9:y:2019:i:12:d:10.1038_s41558-019-0633-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-019-0633-3
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