Spring members’ lunch | Climate-related mobility: causes, impacts and the increasing influence on social justice

Climate-related mobility: Causes, impacts and the increasing influence on politics and social justice

The climate crisis is having a growing impact on human mobility with increasing numbers of people forced to leave their homes due to extreme weather events and slow-onset impacts.

With the broad climate consensus fracturing in many places, and narratives around migration dominated by the language of criminalisation and securitisation, these two previously separate sectors are increasingly intertwined.

Despite this there are relatively few organisations and networks developing coherent policy, outlining political priorities or shaping a narrative that supports a justice-based approach to both the climate crisis and migration. Unbound Philanthropy have useful briefing resources here.

We will be joined by experts working at the intersection of the climate crisis and migrant justice to explore:

• How can the climate and migrant justice sectors work more closely to support each other’s goals?
• What are the key barriers and challenges for climate and environmental focused organisations wanting to engage with climate-related mobility and how can they be overcome?
• How do we reframe narratives around climate migration to avoid the hostile narratives that currently dominate?
• What role can funders play in this increasingly vital space?

Our speakers will include:

Alex Randall, Head of Programmes, Climate Outreach

Jazmin Burgess, Director for Inclusive Climate Action, C40

Ben Margolis, Campaign Strategist 

Yasmin Halima, Executive Director, JCWI