"#ClimateMigration can be a win-win

Far from seeing migration as a threat, the researchers argue that it can actually be a win-win for both people and the climate.

However, this requires global leaders to constructively communicate the economic benefits of migration and effective integration. "

https://www.earth.com/news/climate-migration-is-an-urgent-reality-that-cannot-be-ignored/

Climate migration is an urgent reality that cannot be ignored

Global cooperation can address climate-induced migration and reshape migration policies in response to the climate crisis.

Earth.com

Preventing "The Grapes of Wrath" both internally and across borders.

"Migration within wealthy countries because of #ClimateChange is already a reality. Rather than listening to anti-immigration campaigners rallying against incomers from poorer regions, wealthy countries [the US and Europe] need to prepare for their own internally-displaced people. That’s better than the social dislocation and political dysfunction that a new wave of 21st century Okies will bring."

https://www.thenationalnews.com/climate/2024/10/14/why-the-west-must-prepare-for-climate-migration/

Why the West must prepare for climate migration

The accelerating flight of large numbers of people will worsen social tensions and have powerful and unpredictable political consequences

The National

"Neither consumers nor corporations are equipped to make the 21st century’s most important decisions at the level of the household or firm: What places are too risky for anyone to live? Continuing to leave these choices in private hands will leave more and more people in harm’s way. Only governments are equipped to make the kinds of plans that will keep people safe as temperatures rise and damage compounds."

https://newrepublic.com/article/187114/hurricane-milton-nobel-climate-risk-zillow
No #ClimateHaven

You Can’t Measure Human Life in Dollars

As Nobel season intersects with hurricane season, we’re getting a potent reminder of the problems with cost-benefit analysis and letting markets direct our lives.

The New Republic