CLIMATE REFUGEES
A book by the Argos Collective.


Prefaces by Hubert Reeves and Jean Jouzel.
 
According to the UN, "about 150 million climate refugees will be displaced between now and 2050".

For five years, the photographers and journalists from Argos were living with climate refugees on a daily basis. These men and women are in forced exile due to global warming.  From Alaska with the thawing of the Arctic sea floor, to the Tuvalu, Maldives and Halligen Islands to witness the rising sea levels, through to Chad and China where desertification is gaining ground; Bangladesh, subjected to the flooding from the deltas; Nepal, victim of the melting glaciers, as well as the United States, where cyclones are increasingly violent. Nine ports of call could be counted at the end of their journey which was made to increase our awareness of the extent of future population migrations and the loss of ethnic and cultural multiplicity.


 New edition to be published by Editions Carré in March 2010. 352 pages. 200 colour photos. 32 euros.