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Assignment Task: Watch the documentary film Climate Refugees: The Global Human Impact of Climate Change (2010) directed by Michael Nash and answers the following questions. Available on YouTube, Amazon, GooglePlay, iTunes and elsewhere.

Question 1) What is a Threat Multiplier and how does it relate to climate change and the current pandemic?

Question 2) What two factors regarding the countries of Indonesia and Bangladesh make them a worrisome source of Climate Refugees?

Question 3) Will the planet be destroyed by climate change? Why or why not?

Question 4) What is the predominant religion of the people of Bangladesh?

Question 5) What cultural barriers does religious affiliation present in terms of international refugee status and being accepted into other countries including the United States?

Question 6) Humans have been nomadic since our migration out of Africa. What two major aspects of humanity are different from then and now?

Question 7) What happens to an economic zone when a country is no longer above water or has a significantly depleted coastline?

Question 8) Climate change is about upheaval and insecurity. How do we understand the upheaval of people and not hold them personally responsible (or as a group) for the resulting insecurity?

Question 9) Within your lifetime (20-30 years) around 40 to 50 small island states could be uninhabitable due to sea level rise.

True False

Question 10) Which small island country is likely to be the first to go completely underwater?

Question 11) President Trump wants immigrants who can contribute to our society and grow our economy. Does this type of policy allow for uneducated, elderly or disabled Climate Refugees? Why or why not?

Question 12) How do we bridge the gap between what the law provides and what the world needs in terms of climate change and defining Climate Refugee status?

Question 13) Climate change will cause too much water in some areas and not enough in others. How does this relate to east coast versus the west coast of the United States in terms of water?

Question 14) There are currently Climate Refugees in the United States.

True False

Question 15) How do insurance companies influence where people are able to build as a result of climate change?

Question 16) What is the harm of defining refugees as Environmental or Climate Refugees as opposed to Political Refugees and why is there a reluctance to embrace a new definition?

Question 17) If your ancestral land disappeared, how might your culture be preserved?

Question 18) River systems of Asia are sourced from melting Himalayan glaciers. What would two major consequences of glacial collapse in the Himalayas be?

Question 19) If humans are the major cause of climate change, does that offer hope in terms of a potential solution to the problem? Why or why not?

Question 20) In terms of the effect on the environment and climate change, which has the greater culpability; population growth or economic growth?

Question 21) Where is Lake Chad and what countries does it provide water for?

Question 22) How does climate instability cause cultural conflict and political instability in Africa? Where are African Climate Refugees likely to migrate and why?

Question 23) Do you think that the United States is more receptive to helping Climate Refugees that are U.S. citizens versus international Climate Refugees? Why or why not?

Question 24) Should countries be obliged to accept Climate Refugees from other countries based on how much greenhouse gas that country has emitted? Why or why not?

Question 25) What is the difference between a Climate Refugee and an Immigrant?

Question 26) Do you think the recent rise in anti-immigration policies from the U.S. and other global governments is related to the climate crisis? Why or why not?