Climate change to spur global migration, U.K. science journalist warns

Gaia Vince sees humanity moving north as concurrent disasters make tropics 'unlivable'

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Extreme conditions like drought are expected to become increasingly common across much of Asia in the coming decades. © Reuters

AKIRA OIKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- As global temperatures rise in the coming decades, the "four horsemen of the Anthropocene" -- heat, fire, drought and floods -- will push humanity across countries and continents, U.K. science journalist Gaia Vince said in an interview with Nikkei.

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