America’s Next Great Migrations Are Driven by Climate Change
Dr. Parag Khanna
Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, Strategic Advisor, Bestselling Author, Global Traveller, TED Speaker
The increasingly frequent and intense floods, heat waves, wildfires and other extreme climate events jolt us into realizing that we don’t have the comfortable distance of 2040 or 2050 by which to mitigate climate change. The future we were meant to evade is here already, decades ahead of schedule. As world leaders gather at the global climate negotiations in Glasgow in November, they—and we—need to focus on two imperatives simultaneously.?
First, we must avoid the unmanageable by rapidly reducing the emissions that are heating up the planet. And second, we must manage the unavoidable by making ourselves more resilient to the changes that are already here or soon will be. And for billions of people, to adapt will mean to?move.?
That applies to people in the United States as well. But the search for low taxes and sunshine have lured people to Phoenix, Austin and Miami, cities facing drought,?power failure?and?rising seas, respectively. New York, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco—many of America’s principal economic engines are threatened by accelerating climate change damages, from surging seas to?wildfire smoke.?
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3 年It's interesting to think about migration from a climate lens. I'm sure that some chose to move to better climates (those from MN to FL/AZ), but I didn't consider those impacted by natural disasters (California Fires, and NOLA floods). Good stuff. Great post
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3 年In an overheated Emotional Climate with stress fractures from multiple crescendoing crises - not the least of which is Climate - we'll All be rendered Refugees eventually if we don't understand the impact that one part of the Global Body has on another. Multilaterally speaking, the Move of our lifetimes hinges on a truly fine line that defines whether or not all our species will survive this crazy ride. Perhaps?Dr. Parag Khanna?is the new voice of Amerikhanna. And?John Bunzl is the vessel to help move it:?SIMPOL - The Simultaneous Policy
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