What is New? Climate Change and Migration

This lecture explores the evolving concept of human responsibility in the face of man-made climate change, discussing the implications for governments and the ethical questions surrounding compensation and border policies. It delves into the scale of environmental migration, predicting a significant increase by 2050 and providing a definition for 'environmental migrant'. The lecture also examines the shift in terminology from environmental migration to climate migration, highlighting the challenges in attributing extreme weather events to climate change. Furthermore, it explains the UN definition of anthropogenic climate change and analyzes the complex relationship between climate change and migration, emphasizing the potential deepening of social and economic inequalities and the role of dwindling resources in sparking conflict.