What will happen in the next 50 years?
Climate change will make the world unhabitable for 3.5 billion people
Humans will flee from floods, fire, heat, and drought and the damage to agrictulture and habitat
What will happen as temperatures rise?
Entire countries will disappear, forcing citizens to find new places to live and work
people will be driven from the affected global south toward the north
whether you live, you will either become a migrant or a host
What happens when temperature rises by 4C in 2100?
Sea levels will rise by 2 meters
Climate change will kill more people than all infectuous diseases put together
Two thirds of Bangladesh will be gone
Half of Cardiff, will be underwater
Some examples of today’s impact?
Heat waves are becoming increasingly common
rice planters in Vietnam use headlamps at night to avoid daytime heat
we experience more days over 50C than 30 years ago
More wildfires, even in cold places like Canada, Greenland, Alaska
Floods wash through villages, cities, crops
Hurricanes more violent
What are the next consequences of climate change and climate distasters?
lasting damage to communities
increased levels of hunger as farmland is destroyed
outbreaks of disease will multiply as a result of poor sanitation
conflicts over limited resources
poor and marginalised fair worse
Is migration something new?
In the past, people migrated frequently to cities that thrived
popular destinations were hubs for trade, culture, art, scientific innovation
people did not all speak the same language, there were no country boundaries, only 3 percent spoke French or Italian
only after WWI boundaries became effect
Positive effect of migrants on a society?
when migrants are allowed to work, spend what they earn and pay taxes, they improve the economy of their host country
they boost average wage (USA: study 1990 - 2007 by 5,100 USD)
migrants don’t take jobs from locals, they occupy jobs the locals don’t like
locals are put into better-paying management and communication jobs
immigration has potential to increase your earnings and push you into a better job
Success stories of migrants?
Half of founders in Silicon Valley are migrants or children of migrants, Google, Yahoo, Tesla
migrants more likely to start their own businesses
migrants settle and create hubs for trade and culture, like Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Greece
The problem of Japan?
developed countries: populations shrinking, migrants becoming more important
Japan population from 128 to 50 million by 2100 decline
2 million over 90, adult diapers now outselling infant diapers
need of more foreign workers
How do countries benefit whose citizens leave?
only 5 percent of world population are migrants, Africa only 3 percent
when people move, they better themselves but also their families back home
better than aid, because money goes directly to families to solve problems, open businesses, send kids to school
Ghana: 54 percent of kids who receive money from abroad have higher chance of finishing school
More money coming in, more schools being built
Benefits for migrant countries for political and economic reasons?
transfer of technical skills and knowledge from migrants who worked in better-equipped labs, offices and research facilities
promote democratic values in their home country, more likely to vote
How do we fit migrants all in one city?
cities need to settle migrants in places where they can share water, electricity, healthcare, vertical power-efficient structures
planned migration: settle in places where families can maintain their social and cultural networks
new model needs to anticipate and move people before extreme weather strikes, UN passports for free access of movement
agree on quotas based on needs
How to ease integration of migrants?
access to clean, efficient housing with ample space for every family
receive training and carry out community work to ease integration
How to prevent natives for blaming migrants?
closing wealth gap and showing that migrants contribute to economic growth will lead to greater acceptance
tackle inequality among local communities so they don’t blame migrants for problems that preceded migration
How can migration solve the climate issue?
vast deserts left behind in the south can be used to transport solar energy to the north
higher temperatures: open up new places in Canada, Russia and Greenland to sailing, fishing, farming and mining, new jobs to be created
we will need global collaboration on a scale we’ve never seen before
What will happen in 2065?
from 8 to 10 billion worldwide
birthrate to drop in developed countries
countries will start competing for migrants
How can we save ourselves?
lean on our humanity’s most reliable strength: our innate ability to move
work together to build a global body to anticipate, manage and enable safe passage of people
safe havens need to be equipped with food, shelter, hospitals, playgrounds, jobs and the networks need for migrants to thrive
Benefit if we create safe havens for migrants?
when migrants can move freely and work, they contribute immensely to the economies of host countries and boost economy
this in return will allow migrants to learn and bring the know how and financial resources to their home countries
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