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A new report from the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center examines how climate change contributes both to the drivers of displacement and to the dangers people face along migration journeys, drawing on firsthand accounts collected at the U.S.-Mexico border. The findings of this report are based on 26 interviews with displaced individuals from 12 countries that IRAP conducted in January 2025 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. The narratives highlight how climate change and environmental degradation are significantly impacting displaced people across the Americas. The majority of interviewees identified environmental disasters and their aftermath as contributing factors in their decision to flee, while many also described how extreme weather conditions such as heat, flooding, and storms intensified the dangers they faced along their migration journeys.