Preparing BC for climate migration / : Preparing British Columbia for climate migration

"Climate change is one factor that interacts with many others to drive population movements. Estimates of the number of climate-influenced migrants range widely, but most projections agree that in the coming years climate change will compel hundreds of millions of people to relocate and that many forced migrants will remain in nearby poor regions in the Global South. Canada has disproportionately benefitted from the combustion of fossil fuels. Canada's share of the world population was less than 0.5 per cent in 2012, but our historical share of global GHG emissions is 2.1 per cent. Importantly for the future, as a wealthy nation, Canada has resources that will help it to adapt to future climate-related stressors, and it is well positioned to help other countries respond to climate change. ... This paper describes our collective obligation to climate migrants and evaluates where we are in meeting these responsibilities"--