Between 2008 and 2016, 21.5 million people a year were forcibly displaced from their homes by weather-related events, and the UNHCR predicts that globally, 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050 due to climate change.
This represents a hugely impactful but often overlooked consequence of climate change – one we are ill equipped to deal with.
With immigration expected to dominate the elections happening throughout 2024, today we are discussing how and why our changing climate is creating a new wave of migration and what this means for approaches to immigration policy and the rise of nativism.
Guests
- Sara Pantuliano (host), Chief Executive, ODI
- Gaia Vince, Environmental Journalist and Author of Nomad Century: How climate migration will reshape our world
- Michai Robertson, Research Fellow, ODI
- Claire Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, ODI Europe
