单词 | environmental refugee |
释义 | > as lemmasenvironmental refugee environmental refugee n. a person who leaves his or her home because of changes in the environment, such as land degradation, drought, or rising sea levels, and settles or seeks to settle elsewhere. ΚΠ 1983 L. Timberlake Environmental Wars & Environmental Refugees 11 In Haiti this cycle has not yet caused an ‘environmental war’, but it has resulted in a massive stream of environmental refugees. 1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics i. i. 13 Political tensions continue to mount as millions of environmental refugees find themselves homeless and increasingly desperate. 2009 Boston Globe 9 Feb. a10 Climate change is expected to create about 200 million environmental refugees by 2050. < as lemmas |
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