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Why climate justice must go beyond borders

openDemocracy · openDemocracy · last updated
Around the world, climate disasters displace around 25.3 million people annually – one person every one to two seconds. In 2016, new displacements caused by climate disasters outnumbered new displacements as a result of persecution by a ratio of three to one. Some projections for global climate displacement are as high as one billion people. While climate change is itself ignored by the political elite, climate migration is presented as a border security issue and the latest excuse for wealthy states to fortify their borders. Sign up nowThe burgeoning terrain of “climate security” prioritises militarised borders, dovetailing perfectly into eco-apartheid.
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