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* Some places may experience too many extreme weather events. | * Some places may experience too many extreme weather events. | ||
Canada might be a good place for climate refugees to settle in the future, as there are currently vast areas of almost-uninhabited land in the north (extremely cold, but would become warmer with climate change). | Canada might be a good place for climate refugees to settle in the future, as there are currently [[population|vast areas of almost-uninhabited land]] in the north (extremely cold, but would become warmer with climate change). And it would be fair because Canada's carbon emissions, per capita, have been 3 times higher than the rest of the world. <ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290653/per-capita-emissions-in-canada/ Per capita CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in Canada 1970-2022 - Statista]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:08, 24 February 2024
A climate refugee is someone who had to leave their home country because of it being uninhabitable due to climate change.
There aren't very many climate refugees as of present (2024), [QUANTIFICATION needed] but there could be hundreds of millions in the future if climate change continues to worsen.
- Hot-weather countries may become too hot to live in.
- Coastal regions would be flooded if ocean levels rise.
- Some places may experience too many extreme weather events.
Canada might be a good place for climate refugees to settle in the future, as there are currently vast areas of almost-uninhabited land in the north (extremely cold, but would become warmer with climate change). And it would be fair because Canada's carbon emissions, per capita, have been 3 times higher than the rest of the world. [1]