This research project aims to analyse why environmental triggers and migrants are neglected in the 21st century. The 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report highlighted that there were only twelve years before irreversible damage is done to the planet, four years have passed and still no real changes have been made. Therefore, the environment and the environmental migrants it produces are some of the most important issues in need of discussion today. Environmental degradation, drought, famine, rising sea levels, natural disasters and extreme weather events are increasing, they are creating more and more migrants every day. There is a consensus amongst the international community that the effects of the environment require cooperation to properly address, however, there is a clear reluctance to address these issues. Migration as a result of environmental factors has existed for decades, however, has long been overlooked. Given that this century will be dominated by environmental issues, as well as new and increasing forms of global mobility, this research project will try to understand why, despite the obvious human rights, environmental and security issues, the environment and environmental migration remain neglected by the international community.
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