13 April 2021 – by Caroline Foley
Despite the alarming numbers, one of the difficulties in “making a case” for climate migrants is to draw the line between when conflict is created and/or fuelled by climate change, or when it is driven by other factors. In the example of Guatemalans who migrated to the U.S., poverty and violence are often cited as the push factors, when often they were a product of the droughts caused by climate change.