Climate Change & Environmental Refugees Flashcards

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Due to the increased risk of coastal flooding around the world climate change may create environmental refugees in coastal areas

An environmental refugee is a person forced to move by environmental changes - in this case coastal flooding

A study in 2011 suggested that …………….million people could be displaced by sea level rise by 2100

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187m

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Low-lying island nations such as ……………… are paticular vulnerable

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Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives

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In Papua New Guinea and the Maldives between …………% of the land is less than 1m above sea level

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50-80%

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The issues they face include

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Loss of land and a lack of money for coastal defences

Coral reef bleaching which reduces the natural defences against storm surges

Salt water incursion which reduces the freshwater supply

Loss of tourism

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In the UK in 2014, residents of the village of Fairbourne in Wales were informed by the local council that flood defences would not be maintained indefinitely

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In Bangladesh alone it is estimated that loss of land due to sea level rise and increased coastal erosion could lead to ………….million environmental refugees

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20m

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