The Difficult Business of Defining Climate Refugees

Hiraide, Lydia Ayame

Abstract

Although the term “climate refugee” is embraced by media outlets and forces across the political spectrum, and actively rejected by others such as UN officials, there is no widely accepted definition. So, what do we mean when we talk about climate refugees? In Europe’s toxic politics of migration, what are the implications of the growing use of the term? Doctoral researcher Lydia Ayame Hiraide sets out to understand this loaded term which actors have chosen to lay bare their fears about the climate and a racialised other, as well as how we might shed its baggage.

Citation

Hiraide, L. A. (2022). The Difficult Business of Defining Climate Refugees. Green European journal (Printed),

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jan 10, 2022
• Publication Date: Jan 10, 2022
• Deposit Date: Feb 3, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 3, 2023
• Print ISSN: 2684-4486
• Electronic ISSN: 2684-4494
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Publisher URL: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-difficult-business-of-defining-climate-refugees/