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As the Oceans Rise, Will Our Borders Drop?: A Thematic Analysis of the Swedish Preparedness for Climate Migration

Sarkar, Linnea LU (2022) SGEK03 20212
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
Climate migration is a global phenomenon that arises as a result of climate change. This thesis discusses the emergence of climate migration and what Sweden's contingency plan is for managing external climate migration in the future. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate Sweden's preventive work against international climate migration, and then the topic of climate justice and above all Loss and Damage is discussed. The following research questions are posed: “What contingency plan does the Swedish government have for climate migration?” and “What position did Sweden take at COP26 regarding climate justice?”. The concepts of climate migration, climate justice, and Loss and Damage are used to investigate the issues. Furthermore, a... (More)
Climate migration is a global phenomenon that arises as a result of climate change. This thesis discusses the emergence of climate migration and what Sweden's contingency plan is for managing external climate migration in the future. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate Sweden's preventive work against international climate migration, and then the topic of climate justice and above all Loss and Damage is discussed. The following research questions are posed: “What contingency plan does the Swedish government have for climate migration?” and “What position did Sweden take at COP26 regarding climate justice?”. The concepts of climate migration, climate justice, and Loss and Damage are used to investigate the issues. Furthermore, a document analysis is performed in combination with two semi-structured qualitative interviews to answer the questions. The document analysis is a thematic analysis of three reports carried out by the Community Preparedness Project for Increased Number of Migrants (SÖM project) which is organised by the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, MSB). The interviews were conducted with Petter Nyhlin, Coordinator at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, and Mattias Frumerie, Sweden's Chief Negotiator at COP26. The conclusions drawn in the thesis are that Sweden has a contingency plan for general migration, but lacks a perspective that includes climate migration. Furthermore, Sweden has a joint commitment with the EU ahead of the COP26 climate summit, but the Swedish approach focuses on the urgent climate change, but also opportunities that may come as a consequence in the form of economic development and job opportunities. (Less)
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author
Sarkar, Linnea LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEK03 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
climate change, climate migration, contingency plan, climate justice, Loss and Damage
language
English
id
9072825
date added to LUP
2022-03-22 12:07:14
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2022-03-22 12:07:14
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  abstract     = {{Climate migration is a global phenomenon that arises as a result of climate change. This thesis discusses the emergence of climate migration and what Sweden's contingency plan is for managing external climate migration in the future. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate Sweden's preventive work against international climate migration, and then the topic of climate justice and above all Loss and Damage is discussed. The following research questions are posed: “What contingency plan does the Swedish government have for climate migration?” and “What position did Sweden take at COP26 regarding climate justice?”. The concepts of climate migration, climate justice, and Loss and Damage are used to investigate the issues. Furthermore, a document analysis is performed in combination with two semi-structured qualitative interviews to answer the questions. The document analysis is a thematic analysis of three reports carried out by the Community Preparedness Project for Increased Number of Migrants (SÖM project) which is organised by the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, MSB). The interviews were conducted with Petter Nyhlin, Coordinator at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, and Mattias Frumerie, Sweden's Chief Negotiator at COP26. The conclusions drawn in the thesis are that Sweden has a contingency plan for general migration, but lacks a perspective that includes climate migration. Furthermore, Sweden has a joint commitment with the EU ahead of the COP26 climate summit, but the Swedish approach focuses on the urgent climate change, but also opportunities that may come as a consequence in the form of economic development and job opportunities.}},
  author       = {{Sarkar, Linnea}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{As the Oceans Rise, Will Our Borders Drop?: A Thematic Analysis of the Swedish Preparedness for Climate Migration}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}