13th World Climate Change Conference
Climate Refugee
Jesse Keenan, a researcher at Tulane University who
focuses on how people move about and how we adjust to climate threats, was one
of my initial contacts.
A.R. Siders and Mathew Hauer are two scholars who,
together with Keenan, have been bringing attention to how the impending climate disaster will force people to relocate.
More people are unaware of the scale than you might
think.
According to Keenan, this is comparable to the
Great Dust Bowl and the subsequent migration. To completely estimate the scale
of climate-induced migration, he added, "There are too many
unknowns," but we do know that it is on the order of millions of people.
In the coming decades, the
climate issue, according to the World Bank, might result in the internal
displacement of more than 140 million people, and their estimate just takes a
few places of the globe into account. According to Hauer's research, which was
published in the journal Nature Climate Change, 13 million people are
anticipated to be displaced in the US by 2100 due to the rise in sea levels
alone (which does not take Tracy's position, fleeing fire, or other climate
calamities like floods)
Cultural Genocide
Some people do not agree with
this idea of Duluth as a climate haven.
There are worries in the community that
property values will raise and that the town's pure water, plenty of parks, and
reasonably priced housing won't be able to support thousands of new residents.
The nation's and state's traumatic colonial
heritage makes things more challenging.
I discussed this notion with Karen Diver, a
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa member and a former Native American
affairs advisor to President Obama.
The stakes could not be higher for her.
In order to prevent your climate solution from
resulting in the cultural and spiritual annihilation of Indigenous
people, she stated, "If you are going to come here, then you need to help
us as Indigenous people."
"This is the Fond du Lac Band's treaty
territory (of Lake Superior Chippewa). Again, we will be the ones who suffer
the most from colonialism "She spoke.” These new colonizers will be moving
into the region, but they won't be doing so because of anything the tribal
people have done," the author says.
Diver clarified that it's not that she doesn't
understand why people are relocating due to the climate catastrophe. She does
this because she wants to prevent further deterioration of the natural
resources that make northern Minnesota unique, as well as increasing marginalization (or
eviction from their territory) of Indigenous people as a result of new
migration.
"Can we still guarantee you pure water
with 50,000 or 100,000 extra people if you're coming for the clean water?"
She spoke. You know, don't kill what you love.
The mayor, Larson, informed me that the city
has plans for sustainable expansion. She stated that while she is sensitive to
Diver's worries, it is important to keep in mind that "this area has been
occupied for generations," long before Duluth was a municipality.
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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/12/opinions/climate-migration-in-america-california-duluth-sutter/index.html
