Peace and disease are not the only triggers for people to relocate in the modern world. The New York Times recently covered the story of a Guatemalan farmer Jorge. He had to migrate from Guatemala since his crops had dried out and the land didn’t offer many affordable opportunities for farming.
The case only hasn’t been for Jorge’s family. Over the years, many people from Guatemala have fled the country for better work and living opportunities in the United States. Carbonbrief.org continues to consider “desertification” as the biggest environmental threat resulting from global climate change. With the process likely to continue, climate-led migration will only become a prominent phenomenon in the coming future.
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Climate-Change and Its Impact on Marginalized Communities
Marginalized communities are primarily in refugee camps and settlements residing in other countries with poor living conditions. These communities seem to be at acute migration risk due to the worsening climate conditions. A primary reason climate-led migration would be evident in such a scenario is the weak governance and social security measures in the third world and developing countries.
Here’s what can lead to climate-related migration:
Resource Limitation
Right at the beginning, we discussed reasons for the acute migration of people from Guatemala to the States and other nearby countries. A major reason for the migration was the resource limitation that climate severity created in Guatemala. Crop retention and production became almost impossible in areas far approaching the threshold of desertification. Scarce rain and chilling winters make it difficult for farmers to sustain a living.
Conflicts Due to Climate Change
Limited resources and means of sustenance are the number reason for regional and trans-border conflicts. In a leading report by The Council of Strategic Risks, the USA offered climate-change and ecological polarity as an understated threat to American security. The report acutely pointed out the many regional conflicts that could occur with droughts, floods, and a serious scarcity of crops.
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