22 Jul 2023

Gaia Vince: mass climate migration is inevitable

From Saturday Morning, 8:10 am on 22 July 2023
collage of Gaia Vince and the cover of her book "Nomad Century"

Photo: Phil Fisk

As parts of southern Europe and the US swelter in record summer temperatures, Gaia Vince anticipates mass migration to cooler countries, forced by global warming.

Her book, Nomad Century: How to survive a climate upheaval describes the displacement of billions of people from the world's hottest latitudes.  From The Sudan to the western US, and in cities from the UK to China, drought, heat, wildfires and flooding will make home uninhabitable.

It's not all doom and gloom. Vince remains optimistic migration also brings benefits, both to migrants and their new countries, including solving labour shortages.