The issues have become so dire, that massive climate refugee populations are already moving. We have seen how the media, politicians, and other Pollyannas have phrased the climate crisis as a "someday" event that will affect "our children" "in the future" and so on. We now know this was always a feint; the climate catastrophe began years ago, and it's only going to get worse, and fast. Enlarge This Image European Pressphoto Agency Farmers drew water to irrigate their arid wheat fields in China’s Shandong province on Tuesday. World wheat prices are already surging and have been widely cited as one reason for protests in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world.

Source: New York Times July 30, 2023 21:32 UTC