‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures
“In 2009, you still had people who denied climate change,” Braschler recalls. Sixteen years later, climate change is no longer up for debate; the urgent discussions now revolve around solutions. Lost their home in the town of ErftstadtChristian: “I didn’t grasp what was happening until we were outside, trying to swim for safety. In recent years, the effects of climate change have further fuelled migration. Guatemala ranks ninth in the world for level of risk to the effects of climate change.
Source: The Guardian November 29, 2025 16:30 UTC
