Environmental Migration: Social Work at the Nexus of Climate Change and Global Migration

• Published in: Advances in social work Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 1023 - 1040
• Main Authors: Powers, Meredith C. F., Schmitz, Cathryne A., Nsonwu, Christian Z., Mathew, Manju T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Indianapolis Indiana University, School of Social Work 18.09.2018; Indiana University School of Social Work
• Subjects: Climate change; climate crisis; Community; Crises; Ecosystems; Environmental migrants; indigenous biophilia framework; Leadership; Migrant workers; Migration; Social work; Social workers; Storytelling; Sustainable development

Environmental migrants are caught at the nexus of the climate crisis and the global migrant crisis. The problems of the migrant crisis are recognized globally as they are linked to the complex issues being addressed by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The complexity of the issues m...