Migrations, Climate Change, and the Environment in the Modern World
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3. Visions and Previsions How many people will be affected by climate change by 2050? Forecasts vary from 25 million to 1 billion people. The most widely cited estimates of the number of people expected to migrate as a result of climate change - 200 million individuals by 2050 â is based on predictions of sea-level rise
16. Are these old stories from the past? Two projects from the ICTA, UAB Urban gardening and immigrant traditions in Terrassa, Catalonia (Mar Grau Satorras) What a wasteful world. Illegal immigrants and waste recycling in Barcelona ( Marta GarcĂa Sierra)Â
17. Through their bodies â Not only have humans mixed their labor with nature to create hybrid landscapes; nature â already a mixture of human and nonhuman elements â has intermixed with human bodies, without anyoneâs consent or control, and often without anyoneâs knowledge (Linda Nash: 209). Immigrants being inspected at Ellis Island circa 1910. Photo by Underwood & Underwood.
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20. Resources Environment and Migration Group of Research http://migrationenvironment.webnode.com Worldwide Laboratório de Imigração, Migração e História Ambiental http://www.labimha.ufsc.br/ Brazil Espacio de estudios migratorios http://www.espaciodeestudiosmigratorios.org Latin America
21. Climate Change and Migration: Knowledge, Law and Policy, and Theory Europe Canada, India Climate Change, Hydro-Conflicts and Human Security http://www.clico.org/ EC 7th Framework Programme Europe
22. Thank you Marco Armiero ICTA UAB, Spain CNR, Italy [email_address]