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Forced to Flee: Climate Refugees (34:51) (up to 18:53 only)

As extreme weather becomes more frequent, some places become uninhabitable, forcing people to leave their homes and become environmental migrants.
Climate change has taken a toll on the social and environmental systems of islands, causing many people to migrate.
Some places have been identified as “climate refugia” – areas expected to have fewer or milder climate impacts.
Climate change is a problem with global consequences, and there is no escaping it.
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s poorest and violates human rights for the people who are on the frontline of the crisis.
90% of today’s refugees come from countries that are the most vulnerable and least ready to adapt to climate change.
In the 21st century, climate migrants or climate refugees will massively outnumber economic and political migrants, and the climate factor plays a role in what we regard as political violence and displacement.
All migration or refugee situations have some climate factor involved in them.