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: Received: 30 October 2022 / Approved: 1 November 2022 / Online: 1 November 2022 (01:52:52 CET)
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Garcia Portilla, J. Climate Change Impacts and Evidence of Migration in Colombia. Preprints2022, 2022110008. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0008.v1
Garcia Portilla, J. Climate Change Impacts and Evidence of Migration in Colombia. Preprints 2022, 2022110008. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0008.v1
Garcia Portilla, J. Climate Change Impacts and Evidence of Migration in Colombia. Preprints2022, 2022110008. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0008.v1
APA Style
Garcia Portilla, J. (2022). Climate Change Impacts and Evidence of Migration in Colombia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0008.v1
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Garcia Portilla, J. 2022 "Climate Change Impacts and Evidence of Migration in Colombia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0008.v1
Abstract
The international literature shows a polarised debate on the impacts of climate change on migration. Some studies find a positive linkage, whereas others find a negative one. It is, without a doubt, a complex process better considered case-specific. There is no available information on the relationship between climate change and migration in Colombia, despite past research exploring each of these subjects independently. This study intends explicitly to investigate this linkage gap. Consequently, this paper's essential contribution is that it builds a bridge between climate change scenarios and migratory science for the first time in Colombia. Despite their limitations, the theoretical and methodological framework suggested by IOM (2009b pp. 86, Section B, Chapter II) is demonstrated in this study to be very valid since it provides a methodology to predict where future flows will occur (based on past evidence). The methodological approaches of SLA and NELM explained in section A in the IV Chapter are also valuable for analysing and approaching this study's conclusions. The primary conclusions of this study indicate that the "Coffee Region," Valle, and Atlantic (or Caribbean Coast) provinces that mainly send emigrants to Spain and the US are the key internal regions responsible for most of the international migration from Colombians. The same areas are especially vulnerable to the impacts of upcoming climate change in the A1B scenario produced by the IDEAM (2010) for 2040 and 2100. Thus, future flows of migrants are expected from these regions (2040-2100). However, issues such as visa requirements or the costs associated with migration constitute international barriers to this flow. The sensitivity of these regions can also be associated with internal migration flows, more armed conflict, and forced displacement in a cyclical process. Theoretically, a resurgence of Colombia's armed conflict and displacement due to climate change can be expected. However, the need for empirical studies in Colombia to support this analysis is imperative and is the most crucial recommendation arising from this study.
Keywords
migrations; climate change; Colombia
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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