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title: Climate Refugees Will be a Major Feature of this Century
date: 2010-10-10T17:13:46Z
modified: 2010-10-10T17:13:46Z
permalink: "https://350.org/climate-refugees-will-be-major-feature-century/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 26701
author: Bill McKibben
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![](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5068107558_f478532c51_z.jpg)

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.