The impact of rising sea levels on mass migration
187 million people could be forced to flee their homes by 2100 due to rising sea levels Image: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana - RC2Y2H9Z3F92
Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson
Senior Researcher at UNU-EHS and University of Sussex, , University of Sussex
Celia McMichael
Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Melbourne
Ilan Kelman
Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
Shouro Dasgupta
Lecturer in Environmental Economics, Università Ca'Foscari

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