@翻了个译Day22Wemuststartpreparingforglobalmigrationtoday.It'sarealitynow.Ourcitiesandourcommunitiesarenotprepared.Infact,oureconomicsystemandoursocialsystemsareonlypreparedtomakeprofitoffofpeoplewhomigrate.Thiswillcauseroundsofclimategentrification,anditwillalsopenalizethemovementofpeople,usuallythroughexploitedlaborandusuallythroughcriminalization.Climategentrificationthathappensinanticipationofsealevelriseiswhatwe'reseeinginplaceslikeMiami,wherecommunitiesthatwerekeptfromthewaterfrontarenowbeingpricedoutofthehighgroundwheretheywereplacedoriginallyaspeoplemoveawayfromthecoast.Thesefolksarebeingmoved,forcedtorelocateawayfromthesocialandeconomicsystemsthattheyneedtosurvive.Climategentrificationalsohappensintheaftermathofclimatedisaster.Whenmassiveamountsofpeopleleavealocationforanindefiniteamountoftime,weseeotherscomein.Wealsoseeclimategentrificationhappenwhendamagedhomesarenow"greenbuilt,"butnowhaveahighervalue,generallyoutsideofthereachofblackandbrownandpoorpeoplewhowanttoreturnhome.Thepricedifferenceinrentsortheownershipofahouseisthedifferencebetweenbeingabletopracticeyourright,yourhumanrighttoreturnhomeasacommunity,orbeforcedtoresettlesomewhereelselessclimateresilient,lessexpensiveandalone.TheclimatecrisisisamuchlargerconversationthanreducingCO2emissions,anditisamuchdifferentconversationthanjustextremeweather.We'refacingashiftineveryaspectofourglobalreality.Andclimatemigrationisjustonesmallpart,butit'sgoingtohaverippleeffectsinbothcoastalcitiesandcitiesintheinterior.Sowhatdowedo?Ihaveafewideas.First,wemustreframeourunderstandingoftheproblem.Climatechangeisnottheproblem.Climatechangeisthemosthorriblesymptomofaneconomicsystemthathasbeenbuiltforafewtoextracteverypreciousvalueoutofthisplanetanditspeople,fromournaturalresourcestothefruitsofourhumanlabor.Thissystemhascreatedthiscrisis.Wemusthavethecouragetoadmitwe'vetakentoomuch.Wecannotcloseoureyestothefactthattheentireworldispayingapricefortheprivilegeandcomfortofjustafewpeopleontheplanet.It'stimeforustomakesociety-widechangestoasystemthatincentivizesconsumptiontothepointofglobalimbalance.Oursocial,politicalandeconomicsystemsofextractionmustbetransformedintosystemsthatregeneratetheearthandadvancehumanlibertyglobally.Itisarrogancetothinkthattechnologywillsaveus.Itisegotothinkthatwecancontinuethisunjustandextractiveapproachtolivingonthisplanetandsurvive.
