Climate Change Could Force Millions From Homes in Next 50 Years | NowThis Earth

Climate change could force millions of people to migrate in the next 50 years.

Climate-related events like hurricanes, floods, heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires have already displaced many people around the world. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 1.2 million were forced to leave their homes in 2018.

By 2030, climate change could force 120 million people into poverty and migration in order to avoid starvation.

'Everywhere is affected by this. Rich countries. Poor countries. The Americas, the Pacific, Africa,' explains Mariam Traore Chazalnoël, an expert at the UN Migration Agency.

In 2018, the UN recognized climate as a driver of migration. Diplomats have since worked on policies to help those displaced by climate change.

'The more people raise awareness... then all of this is putting a lot of pressure on the international community to try to do something about it,' says Chazalnoël.

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[violetcloud]

Imagine the hardships our children and grandchildren have to face because of our insensitivity today. Let’s act now, however small the action might be.

[Cheddar]

You could always move to Joplin, MO. I live here and all I worry about are tornados 😀

[Jam_Fam]

The amount of people who refuse to comprehend basic science and weather in this comment section is upsetting. We are truly a doomed species.

[damireddysisters]

This is a really important matter
Everyone shall know about this

[monsitime]

This is very true, I'm tired of people denying climate. Like if it were to magically go away on its own.

[texasdude]

Agree with the moderator people who got their heads attached to their bodies directly need to move to chaz.

[leogiardello]

They should've deal with this climate situation long ago, when the situation reaches certain point it will be impossible to stop and right now we're about to reach the point of no return.

[highlife]

The new green deal is not what u think it is. We the people r blind by the creator. Some cant see past their own world they live in and cant see for what it really is. U r puppets in a game of chess.

[southasianreport]

The world will reshape for sure. And the villain of this reshape is Two leggie Human kind.

[RussCR]

I think this nice lady's hopefulness is overly optimistic. The video's "elephant in the room" is the intense competition for scarce resources that will quickly evolve as seven billion people are forced to migrate into an ever-shrinking percentage of the earth that is inhabitable. This is bound to lead to local armed conflicts that could easily expand to whole regions and beyond. A couple of bad-weather years in the world's grain belts will lead to mass starvation and therefore mass desperation. I see no evidence that any of this is being addressed by the world's top leaders. It seems they all believe they are wealthy enough to somehow survive whatever comes.

[sambarden]

Why are people talking about saving people ffs the animals are the ones which will lose not us not at all

[GreenDolphinProject]

Great info, I didn't realize this was being taken in account in some countries.

[maazin]

And now trump wants to drill oil in Alaska

[btrdangerdan]

This is well intended, but most American politicians can care less and only focus on themselves.

[c-power]

So basically, it's up to the people to fix it. Well! Might else well start figuring out how to live on another planet because I don't see this happening any time soon.

[laimawolf]

Did the name change?
Now this future-

To now this earth?

[navajyotichetia]

From New heaven Connecticut (connect - tee - cut /chop) go in search of new earth. Hope not with the chop crowd in tow

[ZerosBinaryCode]

a person ho flies from their country to go to another to live for free don0t deserve to teach lessons to anyone

[BoostedS]

Serious question. Does being fat increase your carbon footprint?

[kwazimokava]

Someones watched david attenborough a life on our earth...she at least could of gave him credit for highlighting the issue...