The issue of climate change carries important ethical and social elements. In this paper, the author proposed a comprehensive model for managing the issue of environmental migration at the international, governmental and local levels. Universal scientific research methods have been used: the literary analysis of the writings of Russian and foreign scientists, the review of the existing approaches and concepts involved in the management of environmental migration. The concept of “an environmental migrant” and alternative terms have been clarified. Three key factors causing environmental migration have been revealed. Addressing the problem of environmental migration the global community should combat not only the consequences of environmental disasters and subsequent migration dynamics, but also prevent their occurrence and minimize a negative impact on the social, economic and environmental spheres in advance. Together, these measures can contribute to the development of the most acceptable and effective way for successful coordination and addressing the problems of environmental migration of population at the international, governmental and regional levels.

Abieva Elliana Ramisovna, Postgraduate Student, Faculty of International Relations and Politics, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9, Universitetskaya embankment, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation, e-mail: abievae@list.ru

Abieva E.R. The Problem of Environmental Migration in Terms of the Concepts of Environmental Management and Environmental Diplomacy. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2020, vol. 31, pp. 36-44. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2020.31.36 (in Russian)

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