Climate Refugees in The Indian Subcontinent

Who are Climate Refugees?

• Climate refugees are people who get displaced and are forced to migrate within and outside their country as a consequence of climatological factors such as extreme temperatures, widespread floods and droughts, rises in sea level, tsunamis, exacerbating coastal erosion, desertification and other natural calamities. There are several other definitions for a climate refugee coined by researchers and international agencies, but none of them have been accepted or legitimised globally under the domain of international law. Research evidence estimates that most of the climate refugees are internally displaced and this affected refugee group consists mostly ....