Meaning of climate refugee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who moves somewhere with a more pleasant or healthy climate.
   archaic
2. A person who is forced to flee their home due to anthropogenic climate change that made their region unliveable.
   archaic

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Examples

“His best friend, the nature writer Barry Lopez, died of prostate cancer that December, three months after a wildfire had burned parts of his home near the McKenzie River in Oregon, making him a climate refugee.”

““Climate refugees” often wanted to stay⟳ in their own⟳ country to preserve⟳ their society and culture, according to research⟳ published by the New Zealand Association for Impact Assessment.”

“Recognising the existential threat facing these communities, in November close⟳ neighbour Australia offered climate refugee visas to Pacific Islanders.”

“Kalmus also noted that becoming a climate refugee is not as easy as simply making a choice to move⟳ out of a suddenly-uninhabitable location. Uprooting one's life is inherently difficult, and the current geopolitical climate is not exactly welcoming to would-be climate migrants.”

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