Issue Climate migration compounds inequality in origin and destination countries alike

Summary

The Megatrends 2040 report argues that the ongoing effects of climate change are deepening inequalities and driving climate-related migration around the world. It stresses that this movement generates fresh problems not only in the places people leave but also in the places where they arrive. Environmental degradation is expected to reduce food and water availability in poorer countries, create new health challenges and add to biodiversity loss, all of which push people to move. The report treats migration as one of several challenges that, when combined, interact in ways that are extremely hard to assess. It also lists immigration among the key points of its climate megatrend, placing human mobility at the center of climate adaptation.