Atomosphere Accounts

  With the effects of climate change beginning to take effect, researchers across the globe have been looking for ways to reverse and prevent climate change from getting worse. However, with so many people being affected by climate change worldwide, it is crucial that we get inside and firsthand accounts from both citizens and migrants alike about their present experiences in a world being consumed by climate change. At Atmosphere Accounts, we allow researchers to work alongside professional translators and editors specifically specializing in narratives all around the world to bring these stories to light. Many politicians across the world have used harmful rhetoric to accuse climate migrants of problems they did not cause, which strikes unwarranted fear into everyone. But the reality is that migrants fleeing from the evergrowing climate crisis have experienced tragedy firsthand, and deserve to have a voice just as much as those who are on the frontlines of research.

 

  According to a study conducted from June 2024 to June 2025 by the International Refugee Assistance Project, titled the “2025 Climate Change Data Addentium”, “Approximately 46% of respondents from the Americas reported experiencing an environmental disaster in their country of origin, 54% reported environmental challenges during transit, and 28% experienced both. These findings align with last year's findings, where among more than 3,600 asylum seekers and migrants who responded to the survey as of fall 2024, 43% of respondents reported experiencing a climate-related disaster in their country of origin, and 43% encountered environmental challenges during transit, with 22% experiencing both.”  These statistics demonstrate an urgency and panic among people, stating the fact that those who have experienced climate related disasters experienced challenges relating to climate change have also gone through other detrimental events during migration and even after the fact. The same report also states:  “ These disasters have had far-reaching effects, including displacing families, destroying homes, interrupting education, and creating or worsening economic hardship. Of 1,474 specific impacts of disasters reported, the most commonly reported were:  Home damaged or destroyed, Income reduction and/or poverty, Lack of access to sufficient food and/or water, Violence or harm related to organized criminal groups increased during or after the disaster(s), Forced to move to another location, Schools, hospitals, or other public services within community stopped operating, Farmland degraded and/or crops failed, Experienced illness or injury, and Received threats because of environmental activism or land defense.”  With this information, it is crucial to understand that our planet is slowly being destroyed by climate change, and these are the results.