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What Exactly Is Climate Migration?
What Exactly Is Climate Migration?
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Nov 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Migration is complex, and rarely is there only one single factor that prompts people to leave their homes. That is especially true when climate change is involved, since its impacts on internal and international migration are often indirect and hard to trace. So when we talk about climate migration, what exactly do we mean? And why is the distinction important? Kerilyn Schewel, co-director of Duke University’s Program on Climate-Related Migration, joins this episode of the podcast to help make sense of the terminology and why it matters.
Released:
Nov 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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