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Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century
John R. Wennersten
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Description for Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w illus., 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Global climate change and global refugee crises will soon become inextricably interlinked. A new tsunami of climate refugees flows across the earth. We are now at the moment of truth. Climate change is with us and we need to think about the next big disturbing idea - the potentially disastrous consequences of massive numbers of environmental refugees at large on the planet. In 2020 the United Nations projects that we will have 50 million environmental refugees mostly from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. How will people be relocated and settled? Is it possible to offer environmental ... Read more
Global climate change and global refugee crises will soon become inextricably interlinked. A new tsunami of climate refugees flows across the earth. We are now at the moment of truth. Climate change is with us and we need to think about the next big disturbing idea - the potentially disastrous consequences of massive numbers of environmental refugees at large on the planet. In 2020 the United Nations projects that we will have 50 million environmental refugees mostly from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. How will people be relocated and settled? Is it possible to offer environmental ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253025883
SKU
V9780253025883
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About John R. Wennersten
John R. Wennersten is an environmental affairs writer and author of Global Thirst: Water and Society in the 21st Century. Denise Robbins is a writer and communications expert on climate change issues in Washington, DC. A graduate of Cornell University, she regularly publishes articles dealing with all aspects of global and national environmental change, with a ... Read more
Reviews for Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century
In Rising Tides, the authors sound the alarm, not only on behalf of millions of displaced souls, but also because, as they note, `Every one of us is or could be a migrant.' -
Hill Rag Magazine
This chilling and urgent call to action spares no detail in its mission to present the facts on a looming ... Read more
Hill Rag Magazine
This chilling and urgent call to action spares no detail in its mission to present the facts on a looming ... Read more