Climate Conversations
Welcome to Climate Conversations, a space where we bring together stories, voices and ideas about how people are responding to climate change. Here you will find videos, interviews, podcasts, webinars, and more that show real-life experiences from communities, researchers, and practitioners working on the ground, showing how these challenges affect people’s lives, affect decisions of where to work and live, and shape how we cope and build resilience.
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The New Precariat or Adaptive Agent? Labour Migration under Climate Change | Chandni Singh & Amina Maharjan
In this seminar, researchers Chandni Singh (IIHS) and Amina Maharajan (ICIMOD) discuss climate-related migration in South Asia. Their conversation looks at how migration, mobility, and immobility serve as adaptation strategies amid climate risks, urbanisation, and social vulnerability, highlighting the need for inclusive, updated policy responses in the region.
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Tackling precarity through creating empathy between new urban population and planners | Neil Adger
This seminar, featuring Professor Neil Adger of University of Exeter, focuses on the intersection of migration, climate change adaptation, and the social concept of empathy as a means to address precarity among migrant populations in rapidly growing urban areas.
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Replacing Migration: Unravelling the Migration Climate Development Nexus in Asia | Jonathan Rigg
This seminar, hosted by the School of Global Development at UEA, features Professor Jonathan Rigg from University of Bristol, a renowned expert in human geography. His presentation critically examines the complex nexus between migration, climate change, and development, drawing on longitudinal ethnographic studies from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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Mission-driven Adaptation to Climate Change | Neil Adger | ICIMOD - Nepal
This webinar features a comprehensive discussion with Professor Neil Adger, a leading human geographer renowned for his influential work on climate adaptation and human vulnerability. His talk at ICIMOD centres on the urgent need for a paradigm shift in how governments address climate adaptation, emphasising a long-term, mission-driven approach.
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Evolution of climate-related migration and displacement in IPCC reporting | Robert A. Mcleman
The seminar features Professor Robert McLeman of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, who shares insights on how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has addressed migration and displacement since the 1990s. He outlines key messages from the 2022 IPCC report, including how migration is a complex response to climate hazards, often moderated by non-climatic factors. He emphasises that most climate-related migration happens within a country and highlights the importance of immigrant agency and support for those unable to move.
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Multispecies Migration in the Climate Changed Himalayas | Jelle J P Wouters
This talk, led by social anthropologist Jelle J P Wouters of Royal University of Bhutan, reframes climate migration as a multispecies process involving humans, crops, plants, animals, water, and soil. Drawing on Himalayan examples, he highlights how nonhuman migrations, often overlooked, shape human movements and reconfigure relationships between beings. His lecture reveals climate change as a profoundly entangled, shared experience.