Climate Migration is About People, not Numbers

David Durand-Delacre, Giovanni Bettini, Sarah Louise Nash, Harald Sterly, Giovanna Gioli, Elodie Hut, Ingrid Boas, Carol Farbotko, Patrick Sakdapolrak, Mirjam de Bruijn, Basundhara Tripathy Furlong, Kees van der Geest, Samuel Lietaer, Mike Hulme

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Abstract

It has become increasingly common to argue that climate change will lead to mass migrations. In this chapter, we examine the large numbers often invoked to underline alarming climate migration narratives. We outline the methodological limitations to their production. We argue for a greater diversity of knowledges about climate migration, rooted in qualitative and mixed methods. We also question the usefulness of numbers to progressive agendas
for climate action. Large numbers are used for rhetorical effect to create fear of climate migration, but this approach backfires when they are used to justify security-oriented, anti-migrant agendas. In addition, quantification helps present migration as a management problem with decisions based on meeting quantitative targets, instead of prioritising peoples’ needs, rights, and freedoms.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelNegotiating Climate Change in Crisis
Redakteure*innenSteffen Böhm, Sian Sullivan
ErscheinungsortCambridge
Herausgeber (Verlag)Open Book Publishers
Seiten63-81
ISBN (elektronisch)9781800642621
ISBN (Print)9781800642607
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 28 Sept. 2021

ÖFOS 2012

  • 504021 Migrationsforschung
  • 105205 Klimawandel
  • 506016 Migrationspolitik

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