2020 Global Shifts Colloquium Report and Thought Pieces
On September 14-16 and 23, 2020, Perry World House convened our Global Shifts Colloquium, "Seeking Refuge in the Climate Emergency", to examine the underlying challenges, debates, and global policy solutions to prepare for and respond to climate-induced human displacement.
Colloquium Report
Climate change threatens to displace millions of people around the world as sea levels rise and extreme weather events become increasingly common. How can the international community respond to this immense challenge?
Our new report, "Seeking Refuge in the Climate Emergency" explores key debates, challenges, and issues around how climate change will impact human migration.
Thought Pieces
Climate-Induced Displacement: Key Debates
Policy Approaches to Climate Migration: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean by Pablo Escribano, published in Lawfare
Climate Change & Displacement: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, What We Need to Figure Out by Elizabeth Ferris
Data, Models, and Decision-Making
Climate Migrants in Bangladesh: A Journey Towards Uncertainty! by Bayes Ahmed
Are "Climate Migrants" Real? by Alex de Sherbinin
Climate Change & Migration in the US: Mitigating Losses, Addressing Moral Hazards, and Incorporating Risk into Residential Mobility by Elizabeth Fussell
Displacing Risk in a Changing Climate by Justin Ginnetti
Habitability by David J. Wrathall
Legal Pathways and Regimes
Climate Change and Migration: Legal Questions and Pathways by Romola Adeola
Addressing Climate-Induced Migration from SIDS by Enhancing Regular Migration Pathways by Ama R. Francis
Legal Responses to the Climate-Migration Nexus by Benoît Mayer
Rethinking Asylum and the Right to Non-Refoulement in an Era of Climate Emergencies by Sarah H. Paoletti
Climate Change and Security
From Securitization Towards a Language of Climate Mobilities by Ingrid Boas
How Climate Change Increases Conflict Risk Factors, and How to Respond by Shiloh Fetzek
Climate Change as an Unconventional Security Risk by Cullen Hendrix, published in War on the Rocks
International Protection in Response to Adverse Effects of Climate Change and Disasters by Shahrzad Tadjbakhsh and Isabelle Michal
Resilient Frontline Communities
The Case for Climate Reparations by Mimi Sheller, published in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Agenda for Climate Relocation Research and Practice by A.R. Siders
