Climate Change and Migratory Flows

Abstract

Migration resulting from environmental degradation and climate change is also conditioned by intervention policies and funding. The European Union, together with the major European powers, must take preventive action to ensure that the environmentally displaced persons receive adequate protection when they arrive in Europe. Member states will probably continue to refuse to act unilaterally because they do not want to expose themselves to the financial, administrative and cultural costs of hosting a larger number of refugees than their neighbours. The overall objective of the paper is therefore to frame in a normative perspective the topic of migration influenced by the negative effects of climate change.