Giving Compass' Take:

• John Carlos Frey reports that research conducted by the Marshall Project and the Weather Channel reveals that climate change is putting pressure on the southern border of the United States. 

• How can funders work to prevent climate-induced migration and suffering? 

• Learn more about climate migration. 

The human tide streaming to America’s southern border may only grow in coming years as the impacts of climate change push northward migration.

While the Trump administration attempts to stem illegal immigration, a joint Marshall Project-Weather Channel investigation reveals that weather patterns resulting from climate change are contributing to the movement of people north. The extreme weather includes a severe years-long drought along a large swath of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua known as the Dry Corridor.

Read the full article about climate change drives migration across the southern U.S. border by John Carlos Frey at The Marshall Project.