Climate migration and the redrawing of where people can live

Climate migration and the redrawing of where people can live

Heat, drought, and rising seas are already pushing people to move. Explore how a warming world is reshaping habitability and the geopolitical pressures building around large-scale migration.

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Show notes

The human climate niche exists within a mean annual temperature range of eleven to fifteen degrees Celsius.

Two hundred sixteen million people are projected to become internal migrants by twenty fifty due to climate change.

The nineteen fifty-one Refugee Convention excludes environmental collapse as a valid legal ground for seeking asylum.

Australia and Tuvalu established the Falepili Union treaty to create legal pathways for climate-driven displacement.

Kiribati purchased twenty square kilometers of land in Fiji to prepare for the total loss of sovereign territory.

Remittances from climate migrants serve as a form of private insurance for families to build resilient housing.

In this episode
  1. 01Intro1 min
  2. 02The Shrinking Niche3 min
  3. 03The Legal Limbo3 min
  4. 04Geopolitical Friction and Sovereignty2 min
  5. 05The Economic Opportunity Narrative2 min
  6. 06Outro1 min
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