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There could be 1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050. Here's what you need to know

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Zurich. Author Sean McAllister

PART 1: The Purposeful Investor

Call to Action: Our World & Our Future

Explains the potential economic and social impacts of climate migration, as 1.2 billion people could become climate refugees by 2050, posing risks and opportunities for global markets.

Sean McAllister’s Zurich magazine article “There could be 1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050. Here's what you need to know” is included in PART 1: The Purposeful Investor because it documents forecasts that up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050 from extreme weather, rising temperatures and ecosystem breakdown, framing climate change as a “threat multiplier” that deepens poverty, health risks and political instability; the piece thus powerfully illustrates the human and economic urgency central to the book’s Our Agency & Climate Urgency theme and bolsters the call for collective action and purposeful investment in adaptation, resilience and protections for climate-displaced communities.

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