Migration can be a successful response to climate change, not a failure to adapt

Overview Debates Related claims Topics

Countries should grant citizenship to everyone born there regardless of parents’ immigration status

High-income countries should compensate low-income countries for irreversible climate damage

Countries should impose carbon tariffs on imports from countries with weaker emissions rules

Wealthy countries should compensate poorer countries for recruiting their trained healthcare workers

Solar geoengineering should require international approval

Developing countries should be allowed to increase fossil-fuel use to reduce poverty

UNHCR should prioritise assistance to the most vulnerable refugees over maintaining its geographic reach

EU migration funding should depend on independently monitored human-rights safeguards

Expanding legal migration routes would reduce smuggling more effectively than additional border-enforcement funding

Countries have a moral obligation to accept refugees

Wealthy countries should accept more refugees when funding cuts weaken protection in host countries

Core refugee assistance should be financed through mandatory state contributions rather than voluntary donations

Refugee-hosting states should retain responsibility for essential services when UNHCR withdraws support

Climate-related displacement should create a right to international protection

Deterring irregular migration justifies stronger maritime interception around Djibouti

Destination countries should share responsibility for funding migrant rescues along the Djibouti–Yemen route

Gulf states should expand legal migration pathways for people from the Horn of Africa

Open borders would make the world a better place

Humanity would be better off without national borders

Climate negotiations should proceed on existing scientific evidence without waiting for the next IPCC assessment