Climate Change is Driving Migration. Could Smarter Ag Help?

How to Save a Planet

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Science, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In recent years more and more people from Central America have tried to emigrate north to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Many leave home not because they want to, but because they have to: Droughts, brought on by climate change, have forced many to choose between staying home – and risking starvation – or migrating. But a different way of farming could change that calculus. We look at how climate change is driving immigration, and how climate smart agriculture could help families stay on their land. Learn more about the work that Catholic Relief Services is doing on climate smart ag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to Save a Planet.
0:05.8	I'm Janay Morris, an intern on the show, and this is the show about what we need to do
0:10.6	to address climate change and how to make those things happen.
0:17.0	Today, we're bringing you one of our most popular and most important episodes from last
0:29.6	summer. The increasing number of people coming from Central America to the US through Mexico
0:35.5	is often covered in the news as an immigration issue, but actually it's a climate issue.
0:41.6	More frequent droughts are wreaking havoc on a region that relies heavily on agriculture
0:46.5	and it's forcing people to move. But there are organizations trying to reimagine how to
0:53.2	grow crops in this new climate reality through a method they call water smart ag.
1:00.1	Here's Alex with more.
1:01.5	Hey, everyone. It's just me today. My normal co-hosts, Dr. Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson, is off
1:07.2	this week. But she was part of an interview that we're going to be featuring in this episode.
1:12.0	So you do get to hear her voice. So for years now, we've been hearing a lot about immigration.
1:19.3	The drama unfolding south of the border tonight.
1:21.7	Another caravan of migrants. This time about migrants are quickly discovering. They may not
1:26.2	be welcome in either the United States or Mexico.
1:29.4	People crossed into Mexico illegally. They were met with white police and blaze of tear gas.
1:34.6	In the States and many people in the United States, we look at this as an invasion, calling
1:38.6	it a quote, national emergency, bowing to send in the US military.
1:42.8	In recent years, news reports of front-run phrases like migrant caravan and border surge.
1:49.2	These words hide what we're really talking about, which is people, people who are trying
1:53.8	to make the best of the choices in front of them.
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