migration

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  July 13, 2021

  Central American Climate Migration is a Human Security Crisis

  By Amali Tower In the pursuit of addressing the ‘root causes’ of migration from Central America to the U.S. southern border, the United States is motivated by a foreign policy built on seeking to improve conditions in Central America countries. However, this policy fails to fully grasp the extreme conditions that now mark contexts of…

• February 8, 2021

  The Biden Administration and Climate Security: Week 3

  Last week’s big climate security action in the United States came in the form of another Executive Order from President Biden: this time on planning for the impact of climate change on migration. The order calls for: “…a report on climate change and its impact on migration, including forced migration, internal displacement, and planned relocation. …

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  December 11, 2020

  The Complexity of the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus

  By Dr. Marc Kodack Researchers are actively assessing the interactions between climate/environmental change and migration (here) and, climate change, migration, and conflict (here and here) to increase our understanding of the diverse effects that climate change will have on populations around the world. Understanding the complex interaction between climate change, migration and conflict requires a theoretical model that…