![]() ![]() “This is what the country is experiencing and so they’re coming up here. “There are floods and droughts and hurricanes that are right now going through Mexico,” Menchaca said while on the march in last month’s climate change protest. The issue has drawn the attention of City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, who represents the heavily Hispanic Sunset Park and Red Hook neighborhoods. Up to 7 million Mexicans are projected to emigrate to the United States over the next 65 years due to displacement from climate change, the study said. There are “numerous reports and anecdotes of Mexican farmers fleeing to the United States because they no longer could maintain their previous way of life because of climate-driven crop failures,” the study said, adding that the issue “has not received sufficient attention in the immigration literature.” Those climatic changes are a factor pushing migrants from Mexico into the U.S., according to a 2010 National Academy of Sciences study. And a 2009 report by the United Nations University predicts that rain levels and runoff could continue to decrease in parts of Mexico by up to 70 percent over the next century. In the last 20 years, Mexico has seen an uncharacteristic drought robbing many rural farmers of their livelihoods. from Mexico and other countries ravaged by the environment should not be penalized. That message came from immigrant community groups, using the huge rally to promote a lesser-known climate cause – the push for formal acknowledgement that environmental issues are a major factor in migration, and that those who flee to the U.S. “Hey Obama, don’t deport my mamma!” they yelled. Here and there in the crowds were some pockets of protestors with a less obvious chant. When hundreds of thousands of demonstrators clogged New York City’s streets last month chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, climate change has got to go,” their message was mostly a familiar one: world leaders need to act to save the planet. (Photo Credit: Tyler Daniels /GlobalCityNYC) ![]() Sonia Guinansaca directs her group, Culture Strike, at last month’s climate march. ![]()
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