eprintid: 24303
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2018-04-25 08:02:05
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type: article
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creators_name: Schwerdtle, Patricia
creators_name: Bowen, Kathryn
creators_name: McMichael, Celia
title: The health impacts of climate-related migration
subjects: 610
divisions: 912800
abstract: Background: Changes in climate, in conjunction with other drivers of mobility, shape human migration. While there is an increasing focus on the adaptive potential of migration, the health impacts of climate-related migration, including planned relocation and forced displacement, have not been thoroughly examined. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that migration is currently, and will increasingly be, influenced by environmental degradation and climate change, and that it needs to be addressed in a focused and coordinated manner.

Discussion: This paper examines the links between climate change, migration, and health, considering diverse migration responses, including immobility, forced displacement and planned migration, as well as the associated health risks and opportunities in different contexts. Using case studies, the paper illustrates strategies to reduce the health risks associated with climate change-related migration.

Conclusion: While there is an increasing body of research examining the climate change–migration nexus, a dual approach is now required. This approach must include debate and further research regarding the health consequences and responses associated with climate migration as well as immediate strengthening of health systems to make them both climate resilient and migrant inclusive.
date: 2018
publisher: BioMed Central ; Springer
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0981-7
ppn_swb: 1655259490
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-243030
language: eng
bibsort: SCHWERDTLETHEHEALTHI2018
full_text_status: public
publication: BMC Medicine
volume: 16
number: 1
place_of_pub: London ; Berlin ; Heidelberg
pagerange: 1-7
issn: 1741-7015
citation:   Schwerdtle, Patricia ; Bowen, Kathryn ; McMichael, Celia  (2018) The health impacts of climate-related migration.  BMC Medicine, 16 (1).  pp. 1-7.  ISSN 1741-7015     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/24303/1/12916_2017_Article_981.pdf