Explore the nuances at the intersection between climate change and migration
鈥淎lready since 2008, over 26 million people every year are displaced because of extreme weather, drought, rising sea levels, and a whole host of consequences because of climate change.鈥 [02:06]
| USC Global Policy Institute
鈥淎lthough those who tout the inflated migration statistics often mean well and reference them as a rallying cry to push for stronger action against climate change, this rhetoric will adversely impact migrants in the long run. Anti-immigrant governments can frame climate migration as a security threat and use this narrative as a vehicle for xenophobic policies.鈥 Author: , published November 8, 2021
Natalie Haas critiques narratives around climate-related migration and advocates for proactive policies that also recognize the dignity and benefits of migrants. 鈥淭here is a threat to people living in fragile areas of being forcibly displaced because of climate change鈥攁nd not one to developed countries because of migrants.鈥 [16:46]
In this passionate, lyrical talk, Colette Pichon Battle 鈥渦rges us to radically restructure the economic and social systems that are driving climate migration鈥攁nd caused it in the first place鈥攁nd shares how we can cultivate collective resilience, better prepare before disaster strikes and advance human rights for all.鈥 [12:38]
This interactive resource is part of a series on global climate migration. The focus is to show the harms that could happen 鈥渋f countries shut their doors鈥 to migrants. Read and . Author: Abrahm Lustgarten
| Brookings
鈥淎s gradually worsening climate patterns and, even more so, severe weather events, prompt an increase in human mobility, people who choose to move will do so with little legal protection.鈥 This policy brief calls for a stronger system of legal recourse to support climate migrants, particularly those from South Asia, Central America, Northwest Africa, and the Horn of Africa.