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Climate Change and the Prospect for Mass Migration

Climate change is not just a possibility, it's happening now with potentially catastrophic consequences for millions of people. In the coastal village of Moura in Bangladesh, 30 families agreed at an impromptu meeting that their only hope of survival was to become climate refugees.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Climate change is not just a possibility, it's happening now with potentially catastrophic consequences for millions of people. In the coastal village of Moura in Bangladesh, 30 families agreed at an impromptu meeting that their only hope of survival was to become climate refugees. That's according to John Vidal of Britain's Guardian newspaper, who looked at the impact of climate change from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    John Vidal

    Guardian newspaper

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