A new report from the federal government predicts future waves of climate migrants and warns the U.S. isn't prepared.
The centerpiece of President Biden’s climate agenda is running into opposition from key moderate Democrats.A sharp rise in climate migrants could strain relations between developed countries and their neighbors, the report on migration found, particularly if wealthy countries enact restrictive policies that push people into countries with fewer resources.
And they urge the U.S. government to establish an interagency working group on climate change and migration to coordinate its efforts to address the challenge.Vice President Kamala Harris visits Nevada to stump for President Biden’s infrastructure and climate agenda. IRAP and other migrant advocacy groups are pressing the Biden administration and Congress to support a new climate visa that would grant temporary protections to migrants and a pathway to permanent residency. As they envision it, migrants would be eligible for the visa if they come from certain countries at the greatest risk from climate change and if they can make a case for why they are particularly vulnerable.
The new report “is an important acknowledgement of a troubling lack of a policy framework to protect those uprooted by the climate crisis,” Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and chief executive of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.published last month found that, over the next 30 years, climate change could push more than 200 million people across the globe to leave their homes unless countries act quickly to slash emissions of planet-warming gases.
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