Environmental Migrations in the Context of Social Inequalities
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https://doi.org/10.7494/human.2025.24.1.6975Keywords:
migrations, environmental migrations, social inequalities, climate justice, climate vulnerabilityAbstract
The aim of the paper is to summarize research on the connections between human mobility and climate change. The first part discusses selected social consequences of climate change, especially those with potential impact on migrations (including rising sea levels, epidemiological threats and temperature changes). Emphasis has been placed on factors which make certain populations and subgroups thereof vulnerable to climate change, depending on their position in the social structure. In the second part, the paper discusses unequal impacts
and unequal contribution to the climate crisis in the context of climate justice. The main part highlights key features of environmental migrations and their connections with social inequalities. This type of mobility constitutes an adaptive strategy employed in a particular social and economic context and depending on one’s place in the social structure.
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