"Climate
and
Human
Migration:
Past
experience
and
future
challenges"
(Robert
A.
McLeman,
2013).
12:30pm
lunch,
1:00-2:30pm
panel
discussion
(taped).
All
are
welcome,
a
light
lunch
is
provided.
Participants:
Dr.
Jenna
Hennebry
(Moderator),
Dr.
Robert
McLeman,
Dr.
Simon
Dalby,
Dr.
Alison
Mountz,
and
Gabriel
Williams.
Book
launch
and
panel
discussion
presented
by
IMRC,
as
part
of
the
BSIA
International
Governance
Speaker
Series
There
is
growing
concern
that
climate
change
will
lead
to
large-scale
population
displacements
and
migration
in
coming
decades.
Some
estimates
suggest
that
by
mid-century,
hundreds
of
millions
of
people
worldwide
risk
becoming
environmental
refugees.
In
2013,
a
Kiribati
man
claimed
political
asylum
in
New
Zealand,
claiming
that
rising
sea
levels
made
it
unsafe
for
him
to
continue
living
on
his
home
island.
This
panel
of
researchers
will
explore
the
scientific,
political,
and
policy
dimensions
of
the
current
debate
over
environmentally-related
migration,
and
consider
some
of
the
important
challenges
that
will
face
researchers
and
decision-makers
in
the
years
ahead.
Friday, January 31, 2014
(all day)