Recommendations for the Biden Administration on Climate Migration “There is little doubt that tens of millions of people will be displaced over the next two to three decades due in large measure by disaster and other environmental changes affected by climate, with the majority displaced within the borders of their own countries. The United States has a special responsibility to lead on issues of climate change, migration, and displacement,” said Eric Schwartz, President of Refugees International, at a recent event presenting a Blue-Ribbon Task Force report on climate change and migration. Climate change’s impacts are felt most strongly at the local level, said Richard Santos, President and CEO of the Church World Service. “Climate change is very much on the minds of people in these communities, and is felt in their daily lives, whether it be impacts on agriculture and rural livelihoods and on disaster risks,” he said. The report calls on the Biden Administration to ensure that civil society and local communities are included in climate change adaptation planning, and that funding and support go through local mechanisms.