With futurists forecasting mass migration in just 10 years, there is much
IT’S an old-fashioned place to hear about the future. The Boisdale in London’s wealthy Belgravia is all wood panelling, cigar terraces and subdued lighting. It is Caledonian-themed. Pictures of men in kilts firing rifles or standing in glens adorn the walls. The place “fulfils the wildest Jacobite fantasies with its tartan extravaganza and celebration of Scottish food and
Little is also a Scot, and takes a big interest in affairs here. And he had some big warning to sound for Glasgow.“If you look at where we’re going with the climate right now, people are going to move towards liveable climates. If we’re moving beyond 1.5 degrees, and are looking towards 3, or 3.5 degrees – which are now being touted as a likely outcome of– then people are living in environments which are going to become unlivable and they’ll have to move somewhere else.
“Ottawa has already taken action. They are building policies around receiving, homing and putting to work climate refugees.” And are governments listening to them, or is it just the big billionaire business boys tapping into the future and placing their bets accordingly? Little was hesitant to reply.“The Government is … moving in the direction of being better prepared in terms of scenarios. But they are coming from behind, as shown in the pandemic.”Little was clear about the source of his Glasgow scenario. Climate migrancy is already well under way.
This is true, of course. Climate has shifted significantly over the millennia, with huge impacts on human movement.in particular got a bit cosier. Agriculture expanded and altered so much that England had vineyards. In Scotland, we could farm much higher up into the glens, increasing the number of people that could be sustained in upland regions.
As I left the Boisdale Belgravia and its rich man’s club interior, I had two particularly nagging thoughts. Recently, the Climate Change Committee reported that the Scottish Government will miss its 2030 targets, and that we are “significantly” off track in our push to decarbonise the. The Government response was not to redouble our efforts and get serious, but rather to state that we will indeed miss these targets, but might yet hit later ones. There’s a lack of urgency.
“We also have a need. We have got labour shortages in all sorts of industries. This is a disconnect between UK Government policy and Scotland. We’ve got a big skills gap, we need skilled workers. We have a need for younger people.Housing stock is a big issue. We have houses but not in good condition. Local authorities don’t have enough stock.”
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