This article from the Guardian discusses the growing phenomenon of climate refugees:
The island paradise is under attack. Thanks to destabilizing forces of climate change – rising sea levels and strengthening storms, particularly – some of Earth’s most picturesque locations are being scrubbed from the map. And the residents of these postcard settings are being forced to consider relocating to avoid being swept away into the sea.
In Tuvalu, a collection of reef islands and atolls midway between Hawaii and Australia, saltwater intrusion has already made it difficult to grow traditional crops, and the rainfall that provides much of the drinking water has become unreliable. Despite investments in freshwater storage systems and makeshift bulwarks to slow coastal erosion, much of the nation – where the average land height is a mere 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) above sea level – will likely be under water by the end of the century.
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But the roughly 10,800 residents of Tuvalu are by no means the only ones at risk of losing their homes to climate change. While the estimates of future migrants vary widely, from tens of thousands to one billion, there’s little question that an increase in climate refugees is on the way.
The phenomenon of human migrations due to climate change is spoken of in God’s New Message for the world. Here is a passage from the teaching “The Race to Save Human Civilization”:
“There will be great human migration all over the world. Some of it will be normal, but most of it will have to be organized and agreed to between nations. If nations close their doors to the displaced peoples, it will be a tragedy never seen before. And this tragedy will despoil the world in war and conflict.”
These displaced peoples will need somewhere to go, will need the compassion of others in order to survive and prosper into the future. May the people of Earth have the compassion and the strength to do right by them so that the human family as a whole may be strengthened in the face of a radically changing world. Nasi Novare Coram.
To read more about the changing world and what you can do to prepare, visit: www.greatwavesofchange.org
