Changing Climate, Changing Migration

The consequences of global climate change are affecting the way people live, work, and move around the planet. Events such as catastrophic storms, encroaching deserts, and rising seas are making some communities increasingly unlivable and posing challenges to livelihoods. There is no clear, direct line between the impacts of climate change and changing human movement. But there are indications that the warming planet is indirectly creating or altering patterns of migration. Our podcast Changing Climate, Changing Migration andrelatedMigration Information Sourcespecial issuedive deep into the intersection of climate change and migration to separate fact from fiction and trace out the complicated ways in which climate change affects migrants, refugees, and communities—and their adaptations and other responses.

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The Young Lives Uprooted by Climate Change

Will Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness?

Connecting the Dots: How Climate Detectives Link Human-Caused Environmental Change to Migration

Small Islands, Big Challenges: Climate Change and Migration in the Caribbean

Can AI Predict Climate Migration?

In a Climate Tinderbox, Migration Can Spark Violence

Climate Change, Migration & Conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Stories of Climate Change and Migration to the U.S.-Mexico Border

The World Is Going Greener. What Role Can Immigrants Play?

The Reverse of Climate Migration: Should There Be a Right Not to Be Displaced amid Climate Change?

How We Talk about Climate Migration Shapes Treatment of “Climate Refugees”

A Warm Embrace in the Cold North? Climate Migration in Nordic Countries

"Coolcations” and “Last-Chance Tourism”: How Climate Change Is Upending Vacation Planning

What Brazil’s Disastrous Flooding Says about Climate Displacement Trends

Migration, Climate Change, and Security in the Pacific

Confronting the Ethical Questions around Climate Change and Migration

Could a Loss and Damage Fund Compensate Climate Migrants?

Moving Mountains: Climate Migration in High Altitudes

Are the Pacific’s Climate Migration Experiments a Preview for the World?

What Exactly Is Climate Migration?

Is Climate Migration a Homeland Security Threat?

Trapped Populations: When Climate Migration Isn’t Possible

Climate Migration 101

Before the Storm: Getting Out in Front of Climate Displacement

Are Orderly Borders Possible in an Era of Rising Climate Migration?

Climate Migration to Cities: Does the Move to Urban Areas Reduce Risk?

In from the Cold? Should Climate Migrants Get Special Legal Migration Pathways?

A Century of Climate Migration Upheaval? An Audacious Prediction for the Future

Climate Change in the World’s Fastest Growing Economy

Are Climate Migrants Treated Differently than Other Migrants?

A Note of Caution about Exaggerating the Climate-Migration Link

When Climate Change Comes to Refugee Settings

Climate Change and Environmental Migration: View from the IOM

Impacts of Extreme Heat: Global Warming and Migration

Retreating from Climate Disaster in the United States

No “Climate Refugees,” But Still a Role for the UN Refugee Agency

The Benefits of Climate Migration

Is Climate Change Driving Migration from Central America?

Who Manages Climate Migration? Evolving Global Governance

Migrate or Adapt? How Pacific Islanders Respond to Climate Change

The Many Possible Futures of Climate-Linked Migration

How Climate-Linked Food Insecurity Shapes Migration

Talking Money: Climate Finance and Migration

Purposeful and Coordinated: Climate Change and Managed Retreat in India

One Billion Climate Migrants? Not So Fast

Does Climate Change Cause Migration? It’s Complicated

THE HOST

Julian Hattemis Editor of theMigration Information Source, MPI's online journal. Before joining MPI, he spent a decade as a journalist focusing on international migration, politics, and conflict. He has been on staff with the Associated Press,The Hill, and theYomiuri Shimbun, and has been awarded journalism fellowships from the Heinrich Boell Foundation North America and the International Reporting Project to report on migration in Southern Europe and Southeast Asia. As a freelance journalist he reported from four continents, and his articles have been published by outlets including theGuardian, theWashington Post, Public Radio International, and Quartz. Mr. Hattem holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in conflict studies from the London School of Economics.