environmental refugees

A vivid, journalistic account of how climate change will make American life as we know it unfeasible. Humanity is on the precipice of a great climate migration, and Americans will not be spared. Tens of millions of people are likely to be driven from the places they call home. Poorer communities will be left behind, while growth will surge in the cities and regions most attractive to climate refugees. America will be changed utterly. Abrahm Lustgarten's On the Move is the definitive account of what this massive population shift might look like. As he shows, the United States will be rendered unrecognizable by four unstoppable forces: wildfires in the West; frequent flooding in coastal regions; extreme heat and humidity in the South; and droughts that will make farming all but impossible across much of the nation. Reporting from the front lines of climate migration, Lustgarten explains how a pattern of shortsighted policies encouraged millions to settle in vulnerable parts of the country, and introduces us to homeowners in California, insurance customers in Florida, and ranchers in Colorado who are being forced to make the agonizing choice of when, not whether, to leave. Employing the most current climate data and predictive models, he shows how America's population will be squeezed northward into a shrinking triangle of land stretching from Tennessee to Maine to the Great Lakes. The places many of us now call home are at risk, and On the Move reveals how we'll deal with the consequences.

"The untold story of climate migration--the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the issues surrounding climate change and population displacement by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format.

Examines how rising sea levels, storms, droughts, and desertification from climate change is affecting migration, driving hundreds of millions of refugees to other countries. Takes a continent-by-continent look at who is at risk, and the strategic, fiscal, and legal responsibilities of the other countries of the world.

Chronicles the actions of teacher Paul Reynaud, who, after Hurricane Katrina, began a school in a sugarcane field in New Iberia, Louisiana--known as Sugarcane Academy--and taught children who were also displaced by the storm.