An Oregon State University researcher is a lead author of an international report released today that explores the impact of climate change-driven human migration.
An Oregon State University researcher is a lead author of an international report released today that explores the impact of climate change-driven human migration.
David Wrathall, an expert on environmental change and human migration, played a key role in writing several sections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest Working Group II report, which looks at the human dimensions of climate change.
“Human-induced climate change is a powerful influence that is already affecting the natural world the lives and livelihoods of billions of people around the globe, and the risks from climate change are expected to increase substantially over the next 20 years and beyond,” Wrathall said.
“One of the key questions about climate change is where people will no longer be able to live because it is too dangerous,” he said. “Climate change is rendering places uninhabitable. It is a complex problem and it is already happening in many areas. Wildfires in 2020 displaced more than 4,000 people in Oregon. Many of those people are migrating right now as they look to rebuild their lives.”
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