Come along as we connect the dots between climate, migration and the far-right
2 years, 2 months ago

Come along as we connect the dots between climate, migration and the far-right

NPR  

Come along as we connect the dots between climate, migration and the far-right Enlarge this image toggle caption John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images As a climate change expert at the World Bank, Arame Tall is deeply familiar with the facts and figures of global warming. Enlarge this image toggle caption John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images Lately, I've started wondering about the ways in which these three broad themes weave together. Sponsor Message As Kayly Ober of Refugees International told me, climate change can be a "vulnerability multiplier," exacerbating other factors that were already making life difficult to sustain. Enlarge this image toggle caption Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images Most climate displacement tends to be within a country, or at least a region.

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Report: Climate change could see 200 million move by 2050
3 years, 3 months ago

Report: Climate change could see 200 million move by 2050

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found. The second part of the Groundswell report published Monday examined how the impacts of …

Climate change could displace 200 million people within their own countries by 2050
3 years, 3 months ago

Climate change could displace 200 million people within their own countries by 2050

LA Times  

A boy, a member of the semi-nomadic Samburu people, uses a stick to try to chase away a swarm of desert locusts in Kenya. Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development …

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