MENDOCINO CO., 9/26/24 — “The southern half of the US will become increasingly at risk for natural hazards, hurricanes, flooding, heat, and sea-level rise,” said Tim Robustelli, a senior policy analyst with the nonprofit think tank New America, based in Washington, D.C. “Millions of people will relocate due to climate impacts.”
Robustelli was talking to around 70 people on a Sept. 19 Zoom call hosted by the GrassRoots Institute (GRI) in one of its bimonthly meetings. Robustelli is a housing policy specialist, so his talk focused on where these millions might go, where they could live, and how “receiving” communities could absorb large numbers of climate refugees. That question is of particular interest in Mendocino County, which is widely regarded as a climate haven. It’s expected that the coast in particular will continue to have fairly cool temperatures in the face of spiraling heat across much of the US.
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