Migration Expert Urges Immediate Action as Millions Are Already Displaced by Climate Change

Researchers here at Bonn warn Pacific Islanders may be among the first to be forced to migrate due to climate change, as sea level rise threatens to make whole islands uninhabitable. But island nations are not the only places where climate change is threatening to force people from their homes. Last year, around the world, at least 23 million people were displaced by extreme weather. "If we act now in terms of climate change action, " it means we support for people to stay in their homes. " Let's not make migration a last resort, a tragedy," says Dina Ionesco, the head of migration, environment and climate change at the International Organization for Migration.