ABSTRACT
Climate related migration could evolve into a global crisis by displacing a large number of people from their homes and forcing them to flee. Predictions show that livelihood sources of the poorest will be diminished, and in order to cope with the shocks many will be migrating to urban centres. Holding Lefebvre’s theory that space is created through manipulation, negotiation and appropriation, this paper argues that climate migrants in India are creating their own space in this global city as they are pushed in and forced to survive. This paper also state the present scenario of climate migrants in India and examine the state of citizenship for the migrants just as climate migration in the age of globalization switches between the ‘national citizen’ and the changing notion of increased diversities. In this context, this paper focuses on the question of social rights and responsibilities and raises some significant issues. As a social scientist and geographer, the author tries to focus on who are symbolised as climate migrants? There is no concrete definition of the climate migrant as well as no transparent policy for them. The recognition of new citizenship through a new development model will be discussed with the help of postmodern space theory to enable social justice.
