
Anticipating and Tracking Climate Refugees in a Warming Africa
Researchers are looking at what drives climate migration, and how it might best be handled.
As climate change drowns coastlines and exacerbates droughts, wildfires, and flooding, some areas of the world are becoming increasingly difficult to live and thrive in. Managed retreat is the process of relocating homes, communities, and planned development away from growing hazards.
Check this page for ongoing discussion around managed retreat, including coverage of the Managed Retreat Conference (June 20-23, 2023), hosted by the Columbia Climate School.
Researchers are looking at what drives climate migration, and how it might best be handled.
At the Managed Retreat conference, hosted by Columbia Climate School, researchers emphasized the need to work together with communities on climate adaptation.
At Columbia Climate School’s Managed Retreat conference, local and international academics, scientists, and community members will join representatives from different sectors to discuss managed retreat, habitability, and climate justice.
Do decisions like State Farm’s aid in moving people out of harm’s way? Climate School experts discuss.
The benefits and challenges of moving communities to safer ground.
Experts brainstormed legal ways to adapt to sea level rise at Columbia Climate School’s Managed Retreat conference.
Self-determination, recognition of historical drivers of climate risk, and a new approach to buyouts, according to participants at a recent conference.
At this year’s Managed Retreat conference, experts discussed the limitations and future potential of government buyout programs.
Understanding how people will respond to climate dangers depends not only on top-down data, but also on bottom-up community engagement.
From June 22 to 25, the Managed Retreat conference will examine the thorny questions around relocating homes and communities away from growing threats.