[Greenbuilding] Climate refugees - What's the US quota?

[Clarke Olsen]

The term is IDP, internally displaced persons.
Clarke Olsen
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On Sep 17, 2012, at 8:25 AM, sanjay jain wrote:

> The documentary mentioned that many (300k I think) of Katrina's victims have not returned, but since it's hard to say Katrina was solely due to climate change I suppose it's hard to say they are climate refugees. 
> 
> Interesting point though, should displaced people in your own country count towards the quota?
> 
> ~sanjay
> 
> From: Bob Waldrop <bob at bobwaldrop.net>
> To: greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org 
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Climate refugees - What's the US quota?
> 
> I'd say that we have our own climate refugees, cf the many people who fled the Gulf during Katrina and who have not returned.
> 
> Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City
> 
> On 9/16/2012 10:42 AM, sanjay jain wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Saw an interesting documentary yesterday, "Climate Refugees" commentators asserted that we are already seeing climate refugees (Northern sub-Saharan Africa and island nations). In fact some island nations are looking to buy new nations for them selves.... in the next 2 to 5 decades we could be looking at 100s of millions of displaced peoples. 
>> 
>> One person suggested that countries should accept refugees in proportion to the climate change they have caused, hmm... not sure that's going to go down well in Washington!
>> 
>> ~sanjay
>> 
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