Refugees, Disasters & Migration

2020-2024 Articles

Weather Extremes Influence Illegal US-Mexico Migration and Return 1124

Dozens Killed in Spain Floods 1024

How Climate Disasters Are Making Mobile Homes a Huge Risk 1024

Company Losing Money to Climate Change? Move to the Midwest, Survey Says 1024

A Break from the Heat - Americans Most Harmed by Climate Crisis Head Midwest 0924

UN Sees Refugee Resettlement Needs Jumping 20% on Wars, Climate 0624

Climate Migration Concerns Surpass Fears of Russian Aggression in Europe 0224

‘Sea Is Constantly Dumping Bodies’ - Libya Flood Death Toll May Hit 20,000 - 0923

Wildfire Triggers Race to Evacuate Entire Canadian City of Yellowknife 0823

Old People Burn to Death in Their Home as Mediterranean Wildfire Toll Mounts 0723

Record Hot Oceans Are Driving Weather Disasters around the World 0723

US Already Has 12 Billion-Dollar Disasters in 2023 - 0723

Number of Internally Displaced People Hits Record, due to War, Climate Change 0523

Rising Seas Threaten ‘Mass Exodus on a Biblical Scale’, UN Chief Warns 0223

Disasters Displaced More than 3 Million Americans in 2022 - 0223

‘Cascading Crises’ as Climate, Health Emergencies Soar 0123

Climate Change is Fueling Conflict and Migration in Lake Chad 0123

Climate Change & Conflict - Somalian Mothers Risk All for Their Starving Children 0123

Mass Climate Migration Is Coming 0123

The Selfish Case for Climate Justice 1022 - Wealthy countries can embrace an agenda that helps the most vulnerable parts of the world address catastrophic flooding, deadly famines, and unchecked migration — and in doing so help prevent destabilizing ripple effects. Or wealthy countries can dismiss the concerns of their developing counterparts and hunker down to await the inevitable shock waves.
Already, drought has uprooted communities in Central America, driving migrants to cities and, eventually, to the U.S. Meanwhile, drought in Syria has contributed to the struggles driving over a million migrants from the war-torn country to Europe. These movements of people have, respectively, stoked political upheaval in the U.S. and helped topple governments in Europe.

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Climate Change Is Bankrupting America’s Small Towns 0921 - Rebuild or relocate? Some of each, for shrinking towns, with lots of rotting abandoned structures.

Weather, Climate Disasters Surge 5-fold in 50 Years 0921

Americans Are Moving to Parts of the US That Are Getting Dangerously Hot 0821 - The observed migration is the reverse direction of what makes sense from a climate perspective.

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Prolonged Drought Brings Famine, Death and Fear to Somalia 1022

Climate Migrants Flee Iraq’s Parched Rural South, but Cities Offer No Refuge 0922

Where We'll End Up Living as the Planet Burns 0822

Rise in Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest 0822

How Marine Heat Waves in Hawaii Have Ripple Effects All the Way to Arizona 0522

Droughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422

Global Losses from Catastrophes Reached $270 Billion in 2021 - 0322

Why We Don’t Yet Know How Bad Climate Migration Will Get 0322

Climate Change Turns Brazil’s Favelas into Mudslide Disasters Waiting to Happen 0222

Weather Disasters Affected 1 in 10 US Homes Last Year 0222

9 Months In, 2021 Has Already Seen the 2nd-Most $ Billion Weather Disasters 1021

Climate Change Refugee Crisis Coming – Turkey’s Erdogan 0921

Climate Change Could Force 200 Million People to Move by 2050 - 0921

Drought Has Farmworkers Dreaming of Escape from California’s Central Valley 0921

Climate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live 0921

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A Carbon Calculation - How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause? 0721 - take 2. See take 1 above in “Broad Impacts” section.

Stuck in the Smoke, Even the Ultra-Rich 0721

Climate Crisis Will Create 2 Classes - Those Who Can Flee, and Those Who Can’t 0721

Climate Disasters Displaced Many More People than War in 2020, but Many More War Victims Stayed Displaced 0521

Climate Change a Major Factor in Migration Increase at U.S. Southern Border 0421

More than 10 Million People Displaced by Climate Disasters in 6 Months 0321

Climate Change Driving Increased Migration from Central America 0221

Climate Change Contributed to More than 70 Disasters in Nature since 2015 - 0121

Is Pakistan Prepared to Deal with Climate Migration? 0121

Climate Change Devastates Central American Coffee Farms, Spurring Migration 1220

Climate Change Could Create 63 Million Migrants in South Asia by 2050 - 1220

Climate Change, Migration and Urbanization Patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa 1120

2020 Has Seen a Record Number of $1+ Billion Climate Disasters 1020

Wildfire-Weary Californians, Tired of This Being Normal, May Uproot Their Lives 0920

How Climate Migration Will Reshape America 0920

Climate Crisis Could Displace 1.2 Billion People by 2050 - 0920

Millions More Americans Will Face Climate Disasters with Warming 0520

Extreme Weather Disasters and Wars Displace Millions 0420

Natural Disasters Could Cost 20% More by 2040 due to Climate Change 0220

When Climate Change Drove All the Men Away 0220

Future of the Human Climate Niche Portends Moving 1/3 of Humans to Cooler Areas 0620

America’s Era of Climate Mass Migration to Higher Ground Is Here 0918 - US will have 13 million refugees from south Florida. The economies of the Southern states, plus parts of the West, will suffer disproportionately as temperatures rise. The poorest 1/3 of counties are expected to lose up to 20% of their income, unless greenhouse gas emissions are severely curtailed. Sea level rise and plain heat, plus crop failure, will be factors in the internal US migrations to come.

What Will Climate Change Do to the U.S.-Mexico Border? 0918 - For example, desertification of much of Honduras drives emigration to the US. Discussion of development of fortress state along southern US border.

2019 Articles and earlier

Climate Change Forces 1 Person from Their Home Every 2 Seconds 1219

Floods Predicted to Uproot 50 Million People a Year as Climate Heats Up 1219

Flight to the Future, in Somaliland 0919 - worsening droughts mean most farm country will no longer support crops. Farmers flee to cities and out of country.

Extreme Weather Displaced a Record 7 Million in 1st Half of 2019 - 0919

Rising Sea Levels, Catastrophic Storm Surges Could Displace 280 Million People 0819

Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change 0819

‘People Are Dying’ - How the Climate Crisis Has Sparked an Exodus to the US 0719

One Climate Crisis Disaster Happening per Week, UN Warns 0719

Jay Inslee Calls for Accepting ‘Historic Levels’ of Refugees amid Climate Crisis 0519

How Climate Change Is Fueling a Migration Crisis in Bangladesh 0519

A Climate Migration Crisis Is Escalating in Bangladesh 0319

Retirees Flee Florida, as Climate Change Threatens Their Financial Future 0319

Climate Change Is ‘Cause of Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises’ 0219

Climate Change Is Key Part of Understanding Migration, GAO Tells Administration 0119

Will Grim News on Climate Change Lead to Mass Migration and Conflict? 1018