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October 10, 2010

Climate Refugees Will be a Major Feature of this Century

Bill McKibben

Climate refugees in flooded village protest displacement, holding banner about 35,000 climate migrants forced to abandon coastal land made uninhabitable by rising sea levels. Large group stands in floodwater with signs.
Climate refugees in flooded village protest displacement, holding banner about 35,000 climate migrants forced to abandon coastal land made uninhabitable by rising sea levels. Large group stands in floodwater with signs.

Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh, has shrunk from 200 sq km to 32 km sq; over 35,000
climate refugees from the island are now facing eviction from Kutubdia Para, a
neighborhood of Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh where, over the past 25 years, these
forced migrants have planted trees, built roads, schools, mosques, and houses.