News Headline
Study links climate change and war refugees
Source
E&E News
Publication Date
2019-01-24
Researchers in the United Kingdom have found the strongest link yet between climate change, conflict and migration. The report released yesterday by authors at the University of East Anglia looked at asylum applications for 157 countries between 2006 and 2015. It found that in certain years and certain contexts, warming-related drought sparked conflicts that sent refugees abroad.