Climate Crisis Consequence: Migration set to explode as warming gets worse
Douglas McIntyre and David Callaway discuss the growing issue of climate refugees, referencing the UN’s prediction of 700 million such refugees by 2050. They highlight how parts of the world near the Equator could become uninhabitable due to climate change, causing economic collapse and leading to mass migration. This will strain geopolitical relationships and could result in more militaristic responses to immigration, as seen recently in Europe.
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