White House links climate change to migration in new national security report:
The Biden administration released an analysis on Thursday linking climate change to migration patterns, claiming it poses a national security challenge.
The climate migration report is the first of its kind and one of four developed by government agencies and the National Security Council to look at the effects of climate change on security. The report will serve as the "foundation" for the federal government's response.
"This assessment will mark the first time the U.S. government is officially recognizing and reporting on the linkage between climate change and migration," a senior administration official said in a preview of the analysis.
The report , which outlined a number of considerations relating to climate change and migration rather than new scientific analysis, found climate change can drive resource scarcity and estimated that tens of millions of people will likely migrate over the next few decades "due in large measure to climate change impacts." --->READ MORE HERE
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With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, just weeks away, several federal agencies simultaneously on Oct. 21 released four new analyses on the national security implications of climate change—including a report from the White House on climate change and migration stating that individuals citing climate change “may, in limited instances, have valid claims for refugee status” in the United States.
That White House report states that nationals from a foreign state can be granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on the basis of “climate-related factors,” later recommending that Congress consider relaxing TPS requirements and making it easier for recipients to apply for permanent status.
That report also recommends that Congress evaluate the possibility of additional protection “for individuals who can establish that they are fleeing serious, credible threats to their life or physical integrity as a result of climate change.”
In addition, it recommends that the United States scale up its investments related to climate migration through funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.N., among other entities. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a related story:
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