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The Biden administration on Thursday is “officially recognizing and reporting” on the “linkage” between climate change and migration, after the U.S. saw the highest number of border detentions in a year since 1986.
Border Patrol arrests soared over 1.7 million during the 2021 fiscal year, which ended in September.
Officials rolled out a number of government analyses aimed at tackling climate change, which President Biden has warned will be the “greatest threat” to America’s national security in the coming years.
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“It is definitely a security issue,” an official said.
The analyses fulfill requirements of Biden’s Jan. 27 executive order on tackling climate change – as well as his Feb. 29 executive order to rebuild and enhance programs to resettle refugees and plan for the “impact of climate change on migration.”
“These analyses will serve as a foundation for our critical work on climate and security moving forward,” the officials said.
The Department of Homeland Security is set to roll out its “strategic framework” to tackle climate change, which would focus on “empowering individuals and communities to develop climate resilience;” “building readiness to respond to increases in climate-driven emergencies;” “incorporating climate science as a strategy for policy programs and budgets;” investing in a “sustainable and resilient” DHS; and “ensuring the DHS workforce is “informed by climate change.”
Migrants crossing the Rio Grande near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S. on Sept. 22.
(REUTERS/Go Nakamura, File)
Officials said the DHS analysis and assessment marked “the first time the U.S. government is officially recognizing and reporting on the linkage between climate change and migration.”
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“The report identifies migration as an important form of adaptation to the effects of climate…
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Source : foxnews
