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Is the world ready for more climate migration?

Climate change is predicted to force millions from their homes. Is the world prepared?

From floods in Pakistan to droughts in the Horn of Africa, extreme weather events are already forcing millions of people to move. Most are displaced within their own countries but rising temperatures and sea levels could soon push many across national borders.

Yet international law offers little protection for those uprooted by the changing climate, and few countries appear ready for the scale of movement predicted in coming decades.

Charmaine Cozier explores how communities, governments and international systems could respond as the number of people displaced by climate change grows.

This week on The Inquiry, we鈥檙e asking: Is the world ready for more climate migration?

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Matt Toulson
Researcher: Maeve Schaffer
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Production Management Assistant: Liam Morrey

Contributors:

Amali Tower, founder and executive director of Climate Refugees

Dr Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Samoan climate journalist and professor of Pacific Island Studies at Portland State University, US

Alessio Terzi, professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, UK

Gaia Vince, writer, Anthropocene researcher and the author of Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval

(Photo: Kuakata Sea Beach Patuakhali District, Bangladesh. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images)

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