LET'S CEE Film Festival Katalog 2017

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In almost every natural disaster – whether landslides, floods, typhoons or hurricanes – people have to flee their homes, sometimes even across national borders. Countries of origin and host countries overwhelmed by climate change impacts 80% of refugees come from poor, crisis-ridden countries that are affected by climate change, but have few resources to prevent or mitigate its impacts. These include the five countries with the highest number of refugees worldwide: Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Myanmar. Most people forced to flee in the context of climate change and natural disasters remain in their own countries. 40% of the refugees live in countries that are particularly affected by climate change. Climate change harbors conflict potential Limited natural resources, such as drinking water, will become even scarcer in the future. Many crops and some livestock species will not be able to survive in certain areas if it becomes too hot and dry or too cold and wet. Food supply is already a concern in many regions of the world. People will have to try to adapt to this situation, but for many it will mean deliberately moving to another region to survive. The situation is also fueling a potential for conflict between communities as more and more people have to compete for fewer and fewer resources. Source:
1.2 Who are environmental refugees? The link between environmental problems and migration is obvious, because it is conveyed at first hand by shocking images of people fleeing floods, for example. Yet the connections are indeed very complex. Overall, the reasons why people have to leave their familiar surroundings and become refugees involve a mixture of political, social, cultural or religious factors. Often, of course, environmental problems also play an important role. However, the triggering "push factors" cannot be reduced to a single reason. Among the refugees and migrant workers, there are of course also people who have had to leave their homes because of environmental damage. But what should we call them now? Water refugees, climate refugees, climate migrants, environmental refugees, environmental migration, climate-induced migration – these are just some of the terms that come up in this context. There is no uniform interpretation or even internationally recognized definition. Some experts advocate replacing the indeed woolly and misleading term "environmental refugees" with "disaster refugees". But even this term leads to misunderstandings, because not all people who fall into this category have to leave their homes because of disasters such as volcanic eruptions or floods. No wonder, then, that there is no reliable data on environmentally induced flight, in contrast to labor migrants and "UNHCR refugees". The term "environmental refugees" was introduced in 1985 by the natural scientist Essam El-Hinnawi in his report for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Source:
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