Stacey Abrams: “There is no designated climate refugee status.”

“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. And we are living in a moment where this authoritarian regime has a deep hostility to any form of immigration.” (36:57–37:01)

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