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SUMMARY:Climate migration: A mobile idea - David Durand-Delacre
DTSTART:20201110T131500Z
DTEND:20201110T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Nanna K L Kaalund
DESCRIPTION:Since the mid-1980s\, research into climate change's influence
  on human migration has grown\, attracting interest from academics in vari
 ous disciplines\, journalists\, and professionals in NGOs and internationa
 l organisations. At the highest-level\, debates have focused on two issues
  with the idea of 'climate migration'. First\, its validity: does it desig
 nate actually-occurring phenomena? If so\, how do we best identify the pla
 ces and people affected\, and what policies should we pursue? Second\, its
  usefulness. Does discussing climate migration stimulate action on climate
  change\, for example\, or might it be a dangerous topic that risks stokin
 g fears of invasion in countries where anti-immigrant sentiment is already
  rife? In this talk\, I provide an overview of how these debates are playi
 ng out in France\, where I have been conducting interviews for the past ye
 ar. I explore how this idea has emerged and circulates within and across d
 ifferent networks of actors. I pay particular attention to the practices 
 – quantification\, case studies\, expert auditions\, report writing\, ac
 tor-mapping exercises\, storytelling – that contribute to the formulatio
 n and spread of ideas about climate migration\, but may also involve limit
 s to their further circulation.
LOCATION:Online (ask organizers for link)
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