Like the Yellow-Billed Stork that migrates in Africa based on rainfall, more humans are migrating, some permanently abandoning their homes due to environmental circumstances. The world is witnessing an increase in the movement of climate refugees seeking better living conditions, expelled from their homes by factors ranging from rising sea levels and wildfires to droughts and floods. Join Jorden and Kimberly as they reveal where migration is most likely to happen, weigh in on the culpability of GN countries and corporations, and consider how risk might provide the impetus necessary to address climate change.
Key Topics Jorden and Kimberly discuss include:
Why Jorden is stuck in Canada and Kimberly can’t find a new place to live
The top 5 environmental causes for human migration
Why ‘climate refugees’ are now ‘climate migrants’, and they’re not just in developing countries
Why most climate migrants never even leave their own countries...
…but when they do, they’re less likely to be headed to developed countries than seek refuge in neighboring countries
Which countries are most ‘climate secure’ and how this calculation differs from those that promote ‘climate protections’
Recommended Resources
A comprehensive guide to climate migration issues
UNHCR’s Fact Sheet
Climate Secure Countries
Climate Change Performance Index
Kimberly’s Substack newsletter post, available next Thursday, to give you something to look forward to during our off-week : )
