I am a climate change refugee.
Well, technically, I’m a climate change migrant, since I didn’t have to “leave my country and face persecution” which is how the U.N. defines ‘refugee.’
But I feel like a refugee, and I’m finally ready to go public with my story in a summer of extreme heat, hurricanes, and other crazy weather phenomena—because you might become one, too.
The phrase “climate change refugee” sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? Here’s a definition, from National Geographic: “Climate refugees are people who must leave their homes and communities because of the effects of climate change and global warming. Climate refugees belong to a larger group of immigrants known as environmental refugees.”
A statement from the United Nations website: “Refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and stateless people are on the frontlines of the c…
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