The Difficult Business of Defining Climate Refugees

Hiraide, Lydia Ayame. 2022. The Difficult Business of Defining Climate Refugees. Green European Journal, ISSN 2684-4486 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Although the term “climate refugee” is embraced by media outlets and forces across the political spectrum, and actively rejected by others such as UN officials, there is no widely accepted definition. So, what do we mean when we talk about climate refugees? In Europe’s toxic politics of migration, what are the implications of the growing use of the term? Doctoral researcher Lydia Ayame Hiraide sets out to understand this loaded term which actors have chosen to lay bare their fears about the climate and a racialised other, as well as how we might shed its baggage.

Item Type:

Article

Keywords:

migration, climate, refugees, language, discourse, politics

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Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Politics

Dates:

DateEvent
10 January 2022Published Online

Item ID:

31586

Date Deposited:

14 Mar 2022 15:20

Last Modified:

14 Mar 2022 15:23

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31586

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