When people move because of the impacts of climate change, they tend to move within their own country.
It's a powerful message because it links to people's own lives and livelihoods, made real because of the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the east coast and the ongoing droughts in California and the midwest.
Furthermore, the sense of vulnerability, isolation and hurt among many British Jews is not solely premised upon actual racist attacks: it is also because of the impacts that arise against them from legitimate anti-Israel campaigning.
Montenegro says that ultimately 70,000 indigenous Awajúns and Wampís are at risk from such mining operations because of the impacts on the forests, biodiversity and rivers, which they depend on for their lives and livelihoods.
"I think the risk of conflicts over water is growing – not shrinking – because of increased competition, because of bad management and, ultimately, because of the impacts of climate change," said Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute.
Perhaps because of the impacts of the 1993 Mississippi floods and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the importance of the long-term health of the riverine environment, flood-control management and prevention strategies continue to be reviewed and evaluated.
