Abstract:

The fact that the phenomenon of climate change and climate refugee has started to turn into a global concern is closely related to the social work profession and discipline. Climate change is pointed out as the most important threat to humanity in future proejctions. Nowadays, environmental disasters which are thought to be of close concern only to countries such as India, Bangladesh, Philippines and Somalia are expected to affect the whole World within a period of half a century in terms of observing their impacts in a concrete way. The social work profession is one the professions that should take urgent action against the climate change problem under the guidance of its principles and values. Within the scope of this study, the phenomenon of climate refugee, which has become to be discussed more loudly, will be address through the perspective of social work. In this way, it is aimed to raise awareness and consciousness about the climate change issue which is not draw much attention in mainstream social work discussions, and to build an inclusive ground for future studies. In the preparation of the relevant study, literature review, and reports published by various institutions organizations were used.

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