Stacey Abrams: “The climate crisis is already a major driver, or at least a…”

“Similarly, we know that immigration is affected by the climate crisis. There was a recent feature from the nonprofit Documented, it's an immigrant Serving newsroom. And it indicated that The climate crisis is already a major driver, or at least a significant driver of migration to the United States. You've got weather events like flooding that impact the habitability of communities in Latin America, in Africa, in Asia, it's destroying people's livelihoods. But there is no designated climate refugee status.” (36:40–36:47)

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