Environmental Migration and Climate Refugees
- Introduce the topic of refugees and human migration.
- Introduce and discuss the terms, 'environmental migration' and 'climate refugees'.
- Go through a reading that discusses climate change-related human migration and the term 'climate refugees' by describing how climate change is accelerating migration from various parts of Bangladesh to the capital, Dhaka.
- Discuss the reasons for climate change-related human displacement and the impending climate-refugee crisis by reading an article from The Guardian,
- This article will help you provide an actual example of the climate-refugee crisis by describing how climate change in Bangladesh is causing large-scale migration of residents from different parts of the country to the capital, Dhaka. Students can also learn about how cities such as Dhaka may struggle to support the large number of incoming environmental migrants.
Bangladesh on the globe
Article in The Guardian