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What NATO's Climate Change Plan Misses About Forced Migration

What NATO's Climate Change Plan Misses About Forced Migration

For sure, sudden large-scale displacement arising from conflict is destabilizing, most of all for the refugees experiencing it. However, it is paramount that the security sector distinguish that it is not migrants and refugees that are destabilizing the world. In fact, it is the historic contribution to climate change and failure of states to tackle climate change - where 70% of the effects are felt in fragile countries - that are exacerbating vulnerabilities and thus contributing to the multiple drivers that are increasing displacement and forced migration around the world.