Description:

Why do or don’t people move? Where do they move to? Who gets to move? What is the impact of human mobility on communities that send and receive people? How can mobility and migration be used as a strategy to build community resilience? To address these questions and more, we propose a session to explore ways in which researchers and practitioners can collaborate with local communities to support proactive management of climate induced mobility and migration, and build resilience. This session will feature work that creates a shared understanding of challenges and opportunities related to climate induced mobility and migration, highlight research/data/policy needs, and explore ways in which we can build the capacity of our local communities to advance their climate resilience efforts, in cost-effective, just and equitable ways.