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Solastalgia: Environmentally Induced Distress and Migration Among Africa’s Poor Due to Climate Change

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Primarily due to a high dependence on agro-ecosystems and their vulnerability to environmental changes, Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and variability (IPCC, 2007). Poor rural societies that are dependent on climate-sensitive resources will be the most affected, with potential negative impacts including loss of income, displacement, and internal migration.

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    According to the office of UN High Commission for Refugees, refugees are persons who have fled their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group and who cannot or do not want to return home.

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  1. Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, IL, USA

    Petra Tschakert & Raymond Tutu

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Tschakert, P., Tutu, R. (2010). Solastalgia: Environmentally Induced Distress and Migration Among Africa’s Poor Due to Climate Change. In: Afifi, T., Jäger, J. (eds) Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12416-7_5

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