April 9, 2025 Dear John, The impact of climate change on migration is only getting stronger—and will continue to do so in the years and decades to come. That’s why our “Changing Climate, Changing Migration” podcast has spent years speaking with top experts from the field, asking probing questions that unveil the complex relationship between human mobility and environmental change. In this episode, we speak with Peter Schwartzstein, a journalist who has written extensively about how climate change is sparking violent conflict. As Peter discusses, migration—as well as the inability to migrate—is often a key factor in the outgrowth of violence. Population shifts can aggravate pressure on local authorities, even as being trapped in place can allow environment-related frustrations to boil over. |
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| The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national and international levels. For more on MPI, please visit www.migrationpolicy.org. |
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