Climate migrants
Subtitle: on the move in a warming world
By: by Rebecca E. Hirsch
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781467793414
Subjects: Social ecology; Climatic changes; Emigration and immigration; Human beings; Juvenile literature; Migrations; Global warming
Description: "Climate Migrants explores the migration of peoples throughout the world in response to the effects of climate change, including droughts, desertification, rising sea level, melting permafrost, and severe storms. The book showcases people and communities that have already relocated because of climate change, and the challenges they faced before, during, and after relocation. The book investigates the cultural, environmental, political, and economic impacts of ecomigration and how they could play out in the next century."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-85) and index.

Ages 11-19.

Grades 9 to 12.
Table of contents: title: A warmer world; title: Rising tides; title: Disaster in the desert; title: Coasts in crisis; title: The future of climate migration.