Historical Background of ENVI I Climate change and demographic growth in least developed countries: An explosive combination? Climate change has a ready had observable effects on the environment, and its impact is particularly harmful to economically least developed countries whose populations are projected to increase substantially. Given Europe’s historic contribution to global warming, what measures should be taken to ensure climate justice and preserve living conditions in least developed countries?
Around the 14th century, a cold snap called the “Little Ice Age� preceded the departure of the Norse Vikings from their settlements in Greenland. The lowered temperatures are the most likely explanation of their rapid departure from the area. More recently, the great famine in Ireland was a period in Ireland between 1845 and 1849 of mass starvation, disease, and emigration. The proximate cause of the famine was a natural event, a potato
blight. The great famine produced the greatest loss of life in 19th-century Europe. The Irish great famine and the vikings migration from Greenland are great examples of how the environment and climate change can majorly influence the demographics decline of a population and mass migration towards areas where resource availability makes it possible for a community to resettle and prosper.