Climate Migration
Preparing the Great Lakes for Climate Migration
Two ASAP Projects Lay the Foundation for Socially Just and Environmentally Responsible Growth By Susan S. Ekoh, Adaptation Fellow, American Society of Adaptation Professionals Over the past two years, ASAP facilitated two projects to advance climate migration practice and research, focused on the Great Lakes Region. One project brought together climatologists, demographers, and housing researchers…
Read MoreMaking Moves on Climate Migration and Managed Retreat
To Start… We, the ASAP Climate Migration and Managed Retreat member-led interest group, are excited to share below our updates and highlights from the past few months. We’ve seen the topic get elevated in various forms such as the Biden Administrations’ Executive Order 14013, the subsequent letter from the Mayor’s Migration Council and the related…
Read MoreExploring Climate Migration in the Great Lakes
In the spring of 2020, ASAP began working with partners across the Great Lakes to explore what’s needed to prepare the region to receive climate migrants. This work is bringing together disparate voices and perspectives – from demographers and climatologists to natural resource managers and community based organizations – and laying the foundations for socially…
Read MoreAnnouncing the New York State Climate Migration Modeling Accelerator. Applications due December 14.
INTRODUCTION As communities, ecosystems, and economies are pummelled by worsening climate disasters, the world is opening its eyes to an unavoidable consequence: human migration. But researchers and practitioners are just beginning to think about where people will move to — and how to prepare so-called climate-receiving communities. We must act now to establish the foundation…
Read MorePiloting Adaptation & Resilience Programs in the Great Lakes Region
The Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), a NOAA RISA Team, will support ASAP with two newly funded initiatives for two years. Piloting Adaptation & Resilience Programs in the Great Lakes Region Private sector service providers are entering the adaptation and resilience field at an increased rate. Through integration into the boundary chain model, private sector businesses…
Read MoreThe Future of Climate Migration: Evolving Cultural Norms Through Relationship-Building
This past weekend, neither widespread ICE raids nor one-time hurricane (now tropical storm) Barry wreaked the level of havoc newscasters predicted they would. However, these specific threats still exist, as do the conditions that have enabled them, displaying the complex, interconnected experiences of human migration and environmental change. Last week, I commented on this white…
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