Thread by @ClimateBen

At least 2 billion people look set to be displaced or forced to endure insufferable heat by the 2060s.

Sea level rise, soil degradation, and extreme weather events like storms & floods also threaten to displace billions by then according to studies.

#ClimateMigrantJustice.

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https://twitter.com/YaleE360/status/1261403345589112833

'extreme climate change would mean 3.5 billion people theoretically would have to move...
Even if strong climate policies were to keep global temperature increase to 2˚C they argue that 1.5 billion people would still theoretically have to move.'

2/ theconversation.com/will-three-bil…

'By 2060, about 1.4 billion people could be climate change refugees'

3/ news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/0…

'Climate change could force a billion people from their homes by 2050, potentially triggering major health crises around the world...

The Lancet's annual Countdown report calls on governments to act quickly to fight pollution and other factors...'

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commondreams.org/news/2017/10/3…

'increases in aridity in some parts of the world will damage ecosystems in areas where more than 2 billion people live'
5/ eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

'About 2 billion people live on the drylands that are vulnerable to desertification, which could displace an estimated 50 million people by 2030.'

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nationalgeographic.com/environment/ha…

A 2C world is 'likely' by 2050:

"Imagine events like the 2003 European heat wave, the 2010 Russian heat wave which had repercussions on the global wheat market, and Hurricane Katrina, all of them happening simultaneously everywhere in the world."

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m.huffpost.com/us/entry/70564…