Climate Change and Human Migration

Join us as David Wrathall, Ph.D. shares the findings from his role as a lead author of the UN’s latest climate assessment and learn how the changing climate will alter migration patterns and impact societies around the world.

Wrathall researches human migration in response to various climate change hazards, including sea level rise, tropical weather extremes, glacier recession, and drought. He also examines how climate change impacts are threatening people’s livelihoods and rendering parts of the planet uninhabitable.