#amy mcdermott

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Hardly the drug lords and criminals of Trumpian myth, most Mexican climate migrants are struggling rural people (not unlike Trump’s own supporters). They depend on predictable weather to grow the crops they eat. When they know the rain isn’t coming, or their home has been destroyed in a flood, or some other climate-fueled event has upended their lives, families face limited options: starve or move. Of the 7 million Mexicans who relocated between 2005 and 2010, perhaps 1.4 million came to the United States. In other words, only a fifth of Mexico’s total migrants crossed the U.S. border.

Amy McDermott, 'Climate Change Is Already Displacing Mexican Campesinos', teleSUR

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No one knows exactly how many people will be uprooted thanks in part to climate change. estimates range from 50 million to as high as one billion. It’s also challenging to predict which regions will be hardest hit. Southeast Asia, the Amazon Basin, and a lot of Africa are all vulnerable. Coastal areas and small island countries will face major displacement as sea levels rise. You can think of it this way: If one person is forced to leave home, that shift can feel world-changing.  When that upheaval happens on a global scale, it is.

Amy McDermott, 'Climate Change Is Already Displacing Mexican Campesinos', teleSUR