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Beau talks about the urgent need for deep systemic change to address the impending climate change crisis, with 60% of Miami expected to be underwater by 2060, leading to 1.6 million internally displaced people.
Climate activists, policymakers, citizens
The full transcript provides a detailed insight into the impending crisis of internal displacement due to climate change in the US and the urgent need for systemic change and action to address this growing issue.
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Well, howdy there internet people.
It's Beau again.
So today we are going to talk a little bit about the future.
What's going to happen over the next 40 years or so.
And answer a question that a whole lot of people had
and that I didn't have an answer to after a recent video.
Recently we talked about how there was an island
off the coast of Louisiana that, well, it was going away
and the people were relocated.
They were given new homes and as far as I know,
that's the first example of internally displaced people
dealing with climate change
that were like officially sponsored.
Okay.
A whole lot of people asked about like, you know,
how many people are there going to be like that?
And I didn't have an answer to that.
I really didn't.
And I looked and there weren't any really good examples.
So what I did find though,
was that within the next 38 years,
there will be 1.6 million internally displaced people
from climate change in the US
that are going to have to move all around the US
from where they're at now.
And that's not a total figure.
That is just from Miami date.
By 2060, 60% of Miami date is expected to be underwater.
That is according to research by the University of Miami.
1.6 million from one place.
You know, recently I was driving down along the coast.
You know, people know where I live generally,
but like I'm closer to Alabama than I am the coast.
And I was down there doing, you know, the old person thing
and looking at all of the developments.
I'm looking at hundreds of millions of dollars
in development that I know won't be there in 30 years.
There's a whole lot of people
that are mistaking showmanship for leadership.
Those things are not the same.
We have real problems on the horizon.
They're big and it's going to take more than talking points.
It's going to take more than performative action.
We need some deep systemic change and we need it quick.
1.6 million people, that's a lot.
And that is just from Miami date.
That is 60% of the population there.
This problem isn't going to be solved by ignoring it.
Ignoring it will make it worse
because we won't make the changes that are necessary.
We know what's happening.
We know what's causing it.
We have the ability to mitigate a whole lot of it.
But every election cycle that passes,
it's not really a deciding factor for voters.
It probably needs to be because we are running out of time.
People talk about refugees.
People talk about those who are displaced
by all sorts of things,
disasters that are natural or man-made.
And there is a reluctance among a lot of Americans
to accept them.
I don't know that that will be different
when the refugees are Americans
and they're internally displaced,
not without a big shift in how we look at the world
because this is a global issue.
There's a lot of problems on the horizon.
They won't be solved by talking points.
Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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