The concept of 'climate refugees' emerged in response to which of the following phenomena? (2000)
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The concept of 'climate refugees' emerged in response to which of the following phenomena? (2000)
Economic migration
Natural disasters
Political instability
Cultural assimilation
Climate refugees are people who are forced to leave their homes due to sudden or gradual changes in their environment, particularly natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
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Q: The concept of 'climate refugees' emerged in response to which of the following phenomena? (2000)
Solution: Climate refugees are people who are forced to leave their homes due to sudden or gradual changes in their environment, particularly natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
Steps: 4
Step 1: Understand what 'climate refugees' means. They are people who have to leave their homes.
Step 2: Identify the reason why they leave. It is due to changes in the environment.
Step 3: Recognize that these changes can be sudden, like natural disasters, or gradual, like rising sea levels.
Step 4: Connect these changes to climate change, which makes natural disasters worse and affects the environment.
