The growing certainties of climate change pave a path towards an evolving refugee crisis in the contemporary realms of the Anthropocene. The vulnerable communities of ecologically sensitive regions are often the neglected casualties of natural hazards. However, due to a lack of recognition and legal protection, climate refugees are at major risk. Amidst the challenges faced by climate refugees, India, as a developing country yet to recognise the term "refugee", has not signed up for the Geneva Convention of 1951. Thus, ecologically sensitive regions such as the Indian Sundarbans, a deltaic region inhabited by five million people, are vulnerable to climate change.
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