Climate & Migration | A New Collection from the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change & Security Program

The Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program releases a new collection on the growing link between climate change and migration.

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January 30, 2023 Climate & Migration New Collection from the Environmental Change & Security Program Climate change has become part of our daily lexicon. Rarely does a week pass when a hurricane, drought, wildfire, or some other climate disruption is not front page news. These headlines often offer dire predictions of mass migration as well—a bracing vision of hordes of people moving to greener pastures, often found further inland and further north, where some political leaders leverage the narrative to push their own agendas. Yet what is lost in these generalized narratives (and the accompanying political rhetoric) is how these dynamics are playing out in the lives of those most affected by climate change. A new collection from journalist Peter Schwartzstein and the Environmental Change and Security Program shares the lived experience of people and communities in Bangladesh, Moldova, and Senegal, as they navigate the direct impacts of climate change. READ MORE

Out of Place, Out of Time: The Experience of Senegal's Migratory Pastoralists For thousands of years, West African herders have largely known where and when to migrate in pursuit of pasture. Climate's impacts and other challenges have changed much of that. Join us in Senegal to see how shifting migration patterns are affecting everything from peace to health and education prospects.   Going Under: A Rural Bangladeshi Dilemma Like so many other Bangladeshi families, the Begums have lost a great deal to climate-related disasters. In this story, we follow Tazara and her husband Abdulmaji from their now lost house on a fast-disappearing island to the booming slum districts of Dhaka.

History Lessons: Can Moldova Offer Clues to Future Climate Migration in Europe Climate-related migration is often spoken of as an exclusively poor country phenomenon. But bit by bit it's coming to Europe, North America, and other wealthier regions, too. In Moldova, we examine what lessons a dramatic history of migration might provide at a time of bubbling climate crises across the continent.   Climate and Migration in the Real World: 10 Strategic Insights The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center estimates that in 2021 alone, there were 23.7 million people internally displaced as a result of storms, floods, wildfires, droughts, and other weather events. Yet reaching past statistics to tell first-hand stories of climate migration is essential to understanding what is happening and why. Read our 10 strategic insights on climate and migration in the real world.

Wilson Center NOW Climate Change and Migration: Reporting from Bangladesh, Moldova, and Senegal Lauren Herzer Risi, Program Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program, and Peter Schwartzstein, a Wilson Center Global Fellow and environmental journalist, join Wilson Center NOW to highlight the three newly released reports on climate-related migration.

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