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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 06:21 AM Sep 2019

Expect A Mass Refugee Migration If Climate Crisis Is Ignored, Barbados Warns

Unless immediate action is taken to curb global warming, countries around the world should expect a mass migration of refugees at their doorstep within the next several years, Barbados’ prime minister warned Monday.

“Make no mistake, there will be mass migration by climate refugees that will destabilize the countries of the world that are not on the frontline of this climate crisis,” Prime Minister Mia Mottley told world leaders at the United Nations Climate Event Summit in New York City.

According to the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, global temperatures are forecast to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) from their pre-industrial baseline sometime between 2030 and 2052, which Mottley stressed will prove deadly to Barbados and other members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/barbados-warns-mass-climate-migration_n_5d891b9ce4b0938b59329653

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Expect A Mass Refugee Migration If Climate Crisis Is Ignored, Barbados Warns (Original Post) mfcorey1 Sep 2019 OP
The plan is a massive culling of humans. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #1
When there are no people, there is no labor. Labor creates wealth. SharonAnn Sep 2019 #2
Most labor will be replaced by robots Dirty Socialist Sep 2019 #3
A slave economy without all the mess of meat slaves. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #4

Voltaire2

(13,027 posts)
1. The plan is a massive culling of humans.
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 06:31 AM
Sep 2019

The elites can replace most labor with tech. A vastly smaller population will resolve the environmental pressure.

SharonAnn

(13,772 posts)
2. When there are no people, there is no labor. Labor creates wealth.
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 09:24 AM
Sep 2019

No one to do their work, no one to buy their stuff. They can eat their paper money?

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