
Climate and Migrant Justice
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Unbound Resources

21st Century Law for 21st Century Migration
The Climate Displacement Program at the International Refugee Assistance Project

Harnessing the Power of the Immigrant Justice Movement for Climate Justice
The Climate Justice Collaborative at the National Partnership for New Americans

Centering the People at the Heart of Building Resilience
Resilience Force

Scaling Up Community Resilience
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Co-produced with The Solutions Project

Transforming Narratives About Climate Migration
Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy (now Taproot Earth)
Co-produced with The Solutions Project

Defending Justice in a “Climate Refuge City”
PUSH Buffalo and Justice for Migrant Families
Co-produced with The Solutions Project

The Human Impact of Climate Change
UFW Foundation
Co-produced with The Solutions Project

Where Immigrants Meet Climate Change
Nancy Youman for Unbound Philanthropy

We Are In a Time of New Suns
Taryn Higashi, for Center for Effective Philanthropy
Cities: Building equitable, climate resilient, and welcoming cities

The Case for Welcoming as Resilience
Welcoming America

America’s Climate Boomtowns are Waiting
Abrahm Lustgarten, The Atlantic
Climate Migration 101

What Exactly is Climate Migration?
Migration Policy Institute podcast episode with Kerilyn Schewel, co-director of Duke University’s Program on Climate-Related Migration, on the terminology and why it matters.

Climate Migration Explainer
Climate Migration Council, IOM, and Emerson Collective

Climate Migration 101: An Explainer
Lawrence Huang, Migration Policy Institute
Climate Migration Deep Dive

A Compendium on Climate Mobility
Climate Migration Council

The Statue of Liberty Plan: A Progressive Vision for Migration in the Age of Climate Change
Deepak Bhargava and Rich Stolz

Climate-Driven Migration In America
Abrahm Lustgarten, Fresh Air, NPR

On the Move
Abrahm Lustgarten

Colette Pichon Battle — On Knowing What We’re Called To
Colette Pichon Battle/Taproot Earth, On Being

Building Common Ground: Climate Change and Migration Work in the UK
Ruth Grove-White and Ben Margolis
Climate-Driven Relocation

What is Climate Driven Relocation?
Urban Ocean Lab
Green-Skilled Migration

The Migrant Workers Who Follow Climate Disasters
Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker

The impact of climate change on human mobility: preventive action, humanitarian action and development
Global Forum on Migration and Development

Decarbonising the UK’s building stock: can immigration policy help solve workforce challenges?
ODI

From Displacement to Resilience: Climate Migrants Helping Grow Needed Solutions
David Sherfsinki, Reuters

Pro-Worker Climate Migration Policy Framework
AFL-CIO
Narrative

Dangerous Narratives and Climate Migration
NPNA, IRAP, Migrants Organise, 350, etc.

Just Because People Feel Threatened by Climate Migration Doesn’t Mean They Are
Alex Randall

The Security Problem with Climate Migration Isn’t the Security
Tom Ellison, Just Security

Climate Migration and National Security
Erin Sikorsky et al., Lawfare

Public Opinion of Climate Migrants: Understanding What Factors Trigger Anxiety or Support
Migration Policy Institute
Illustration by Carolina Monterrubio
Resilience in Place

Climate Readiness Framework
Urban Ocean Lab

Rising Seas Threaten the Gullah Geechee Culture. Here’s How They’re Fighting Back.
Melba Newsome, Pulitzer Center
Routes to Safety

Should Climate Migrants Get Special Legal Migration Pathways?
Migration Policy Institute podcast episode with Ama Francis, Climate Director, International Refugee Assistance Project

Legal Action Agenda for Climate Displacement
International Refugee Assistance Project

Climate of Coercion: Environmental and Other Drivers of Cross-Border Displacement in Central America and Mexico
International Refugee Assistance Project

Enduring Change: A Data Review of Firsthand Accounts of Climate Mobility Impacts
International Refugee Assistance Project