climate displacement
Weather-forced relocation pattern
Climate displacement is the forced movement of people from their homes due to climate-related environmental changes—rising sea levels, prolonged drought, extreme weather events, or other conditions that make areas uninhabitable.
Unlike refugees fleeing war or persecution, climate-displaced people often lack formal legal recognition: Millions face climate displacement as coastal cities flood.
The term encompasses both sudden displacement from disasters and gradual migration as conditions slowly deteriorate.
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- migrationMovement to new territory
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- exileBanishment from homeland
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