Our panelists discuss the implications of climate change for global governance, mass migration within and between nations and regions, and U.S. national security.The Silberstein Family Annual Lecture…
"As sea levels rise, temperatures become unbearable, and disasters grow more severe, tens of millions of people may not be able to stay where they are. Beyond the human toll it will exact, this climate-driven migration is poised to disrupt economic and political stability, which could fuel conflict."
Two lead contributors of the World Bank’s landmark Groundswell report on climate migration spoke at an event of the Duke Center for International and Global Studies.Kanta Kumari and Viviane Clement said the report could help local communities manage the effects of millions of migrants in the next decades.
(Bloomberg) As many as 86 million Africans will be forced to migrate within their own countries by 2050 due to the effects of changing weather patterns, according to a study by the World Bank.