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What can we do about climate migration?

What can we do about climate migration?

The Climate Question vor 5 Jahren

Hundreds of millions of people run the risk of becoming climate migrants

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Bangladesh is a country that is exceptionally vulnerable to
climate change. With a low elevation and high population density,
as well as poor infrastructure and an economic reliance on
farming, it is naturally susceptible to extreme weather. The
intensification of conditions due to climate change means more
people are being driven from their homes and land by sea level
rises, storms, cyclones, drought, erosion, landslides, flooding
and salinisation of the land. It's estimated that by 2050, one in
every seven people in Bangladesh will become a climate migrant.
But Bangladesh is far from being alone. Across South Asia, it’s
estimated that more than 40m people will be displaced; worldwide,
the figure runs into the hundreds of millions. Climate migration
is coming. The question is, what are we going to do about it?
Guests: Akbar Hossain - reporter, BBC Bengali Service Qasa Alom -
presenter, BBC Asian Network Dr Tasneem Siddiqui - founding chair
of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit in Bangladesh Dr
Kanta Kumari Rigaud - lead environmental specialist at the World
Bank Presented by Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell Produced by
Alex Lewis Researched by Zoe Gelber Edited by Emma Rippon