"Climate change-driven heat waves, droughts, and floods will push vulnerable people into more extreme poverty, Harvard researcher says."
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"Climate change will cause more intense droughts, extreme flooding, and crippling heat waves in many parts of the world.
In response, some people may become climate refugees.
But Hélène Benveniste of Harvard University found that as conditions become more extreme, it will get harder for many of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people to move. So some will be unable to escape.
“It’s costly to move, particularly if you’re going to move further away, and especially if you’re going to move across borders,” she says.
Climate-change-driven heat waves, droughts, and floods can damage crops and destroy houses — pushing low-income people even further into poverty.
Extreme weather could also make it more difficult for just one or two family members to move away and send money back home."
Yale Climate Connections had the story September 26, 2023.
SEE ALSO:
"The Bold Idea To Move Millions To Climate Havens" (Noema)
"Climate Change Migration Is Draining Honduras Of Its People: UN Expert" (UN HCR release)
"The Great Displacement: Climate Migration in America" (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
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