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• The conditions of the receiving country may not meet the basic survival re-
quirements of the EDPs. As a human being, an EDP has his or her own basic
survival needs, for example, getting enough food to sustain his or her life. The
carrying capacity of human beings in an environment is the maximum popu-
lation size that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habi-
tat, water, and other necessities available in the environment using the local or
other resources and intellectual and technical conditions[6]. When considering
the number of EDPs a country can receive, not only do we need to consider its
carbon emissions to determine how much responsibility it should take for its EDP
receiving country, but also need to think of its carrying capacity.
• It is necessary to make plans for the migration process of the EDPs on a time
scale. Depending on the different geography of each country, the scope of the
effects of sea-level rising and other environmental stresses is in connection with
the time. For example, the situation of EDPs is often not formed in a short time,
but gradually formed in the face of continuous climate changes. Therefore, it is
necessary to make some plans on the time scale to avoid or minimize the loss of
the countries (e.g. the problem of the EDPs) caused by climate change.
2.2 The risk of losing the EDPs’ own culture heritage
• Different types of cultural heritage may suffer different levels of losses. Cul-
tural heritage includes tangible culture, intangible culture (e.g. folklore, tradi-
tions, language, and knowledge) and natural heritage (including culturally sig-
nificant landscapes, and biodiversity), and the tangible cultural heritage is gener-
ally split into two groups of movable (e.g.books, documents, moveable artworks,
machines and clothing) and immovable heritage (e.g. historical buildings, monu-
ments, landscapes and artifacts)[7]. In the process of the sea level rise, the loss of
these categories of cultural heritage is obviously different, due to their inherent
property.
• We endeavor to protect the cultural heritage of the EDPs under the premise of
ensuring to house the EDPs. Since the cultural heritage is the precious wealth
of human civilization, our human beings are obliged to preserve that the culture
will not be lost by migration. Just like the menu costs in economic principles.
If a manufacturer changes the price of their products, he needs to inform his
customers of the new price and give a suitable reason for this change. All this
incurs a new cost. If the EDPs migrate to a new place, they need to spend a cost
to settle down, learn to adapt to the new environment and new social norms.
In conclusion, we need to carefully consider various factors to make a decision
where the EDPs will immigrate.
• The EDPs has spiritual needs besides living requirements. As they come from
their own country, they have basic cultural demands, such as preserving or in-
herit their previous culture and religious beliefs, living a normal life in the new
society without discrimination. As a result, it is significant to consider and assess
the social stability, cultural diversity and nationalist orientation of the received
country, which may lead to some injury to the EDPs.