Why care about climate migrants in an era of loss and damage.
LAUREN GRANT |
TEDxLimassol
• November 2022
We live in an era of loss and damage – one in which the impacts of climate change are increasingly, unrelentingly and irreversibly rupturing environmental, social, economic and cultural fabrics as millions are forced to move to cope with intensifying climatic stressors. It’s easy to think about climate-related migration as some ‘far away’ problem, affecting communities other than our own, but this false sense of security must be debunked, and a shift in collective consciousness, resilience and preparedness, towards a framework of protection for those on the move must begin now, urges climate mobility researcher and advocate, Lauren Grant.