Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era: A Political Understanding of Climate Change

Silja Klepp and Christiane Fröhlich
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Silja Klepp: Department of Geography, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Christiane Fröhlich: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), 20354 Hamburg, Germany

Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 9, issue 5, 1-9

Abstract: This special issue explores underrepresented aspects of the political dimensions of global warming. It includes post- and decolonial perspectives on climate-related migration and conflict, intersectional approaches, and climate change politics as a new tool of governance. Its aim is to shed light on the social phenomena associated with anthropogenic climate change. The different contributions aim to uncover its multidimensional and far-reaching political effects, including climate-induced migration movements and climate-related conflicts in different parts of the world. In doing so, the authors critically engage with securitising discourses and resulting anti-migration arguments and policies in the Global North. In this way, they identify and give a voice to alternative and hitherto underrepresented research and policy perspectives. Overall, the special issue aims to contribute to a critical and holistic approach to human mobility and conflict in the context of political and environmental crisis.

Keywords: climate change; environmental migration; environmental justice; North–South relations; climate change politics; conflict; intersectionality; adaptation; vulnerability; postcolonial studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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