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Well, disingenuous questions are usually meant to derail the topic at hand by forcing you to address a topic you haven't prepared for. In such cases, I would put the burden of explaination on the person who asked, perhaps with some equally unanswerable questions.
"What about them? Do you expect they will be able to farm better in a desert? Is helping them through climate change initiatives more difficult than surviving climate catastrophe?" etc. etc. ad neaseaum.
If you respond with that the disingenuous person will accuse you of whataboutism. To be clear I'm not saying that you're wrong about the climate catastrophe, but they WILL attack your character if the first attack did not derail the topic. You cannot engage in a good faith argument with them because they will not meet you on the high road.