The Great Uprooting: Migration and Displacement in an Age of Planetary Crisis

In this essay, Amitav Ghosh addresses the issue of climate migrants and displaced people, specifically in his home country of Bengal. Ghosh looks at how the advent of the smartphone and the internet has affected the awareness and efficacy of climate migration, and our cultural subconscious as a whole. The essay discusses interviews with climate migrants, as well as covering an extensive bibliography, interspersed with personal reflection.