Changing Climate, Changing Migration

Changing Climate, Changing Migration

Migration Policy Institute

Episodes 52
Avg. Duration 26m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.5 (4)
Since Nov 2020
Latest Episode May 2026

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About This Podcast

How are climate change and environmental degradation affecting human migration across borders and within countries? We explore with top experts in this Migration Policy Institute podcast.

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S1E52 Climate Change Is Making People Sick. Can Migration Help?

May 26, 2026 34m

Climate change can be devastating for individuals’ health and safety. Climate-linked natural disasters can cause physical injuries and damage health-care systems, while slow-onset changes such…

S1E51 Priced Out: Climate Change, Home Insurance, and the People Stuck in the Middle

Apr 23, 2026 31m

Climate change is making home insurance more expensive and less available, as the multibillion-dollar losses caused by hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters increase in scale. Rising insurance…

S1E50 First Displacement, then Disasters: How Refugees Contend with Climate Change

Apr 09, 2026 30m

Refugees are often some of the people most vulnerable to climate change. After fleeing armed conflict or persecution, many refugees end up in camps located in rural areas, with few resources and…

S1E49 Climate Displacement from Indigenous Lands

Feb 23, 2026 24m

Many Indigenous people have a deep connection to their ancestral homelands that dates back centuries. What happens when climate change and other factors force them to move away from those lands? This…

S1E48 Is Climate-Vulnerable Africa Prepared for Increased Displacement?

Jan 26, 2026 39m

Africa may be the most climate-vulnerable region of the world, with drought, extreme heat and storms, and other impacts affecting millions across the continent. These environmental events have forced…

S1E47 Trapped by Climate Change: The Economics of Staying or Leaving

Dec 16, 2025 30m

It is not guaranteed that someone harmed by a natural disaster or other environmental change will leave their home. A complicated web of factors affects whether climate-vulnerable individuals want…

S1E46 The Young Lives Uprooted by Climate Change

Nov 10, 2025 27m

Children are especially vulnerable to displacement linked to climate change. Each year, millions of young people are displaced by weather-related disasters, as schools and other services break down…

S1E45 Will Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness?

Oct 29, 2025 27m

Within the next few decades, rising sea levels could wipe some small Pacific Island nations off the face of the earth. The prospect that the physical territory of countries such as Kiribati and…

S1E44 Connecting the Dots: How Climate Detectives Link Human-Caused Environmental Change to Migration

Aug 27, 2025 23m

It is no easy task to say with certainty that a particular storm, drought, or other extreme weather event causes human displacement, or that those individual events are due to human-caused climate…

S1E43 Small Islands, Big Challenges: Climate Change and Migration in the Caribbean

Jun 26, 2025 23m

The small island nations that make up the Caribbean are incredibly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Many people and businesses are concentrated along the coastline, exposing them to…

S1E42 Can AI Predict Climate Migration?

May 29, 2025 25m

Does AI have a role to play in mapping and predicting climate migration trends? In this episode of the podcast, we explore the issue with John Aoga, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLouvain in Belgium.…

S1E41 In a Climate Tinderbox, Migration Can Spark Violence

Apr 08, 2025 22m

Under the right circumstances, climate-induced migration can aggravate the drivers of violent conflict. In places such as the Middle East and West Africa’s Sahel region, migration during times of…

S1E40 Climate Change, Migration & Conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Mar 18, 2025 22m

Floods, drought, extreme temperatures, and other climate events have devastated parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Repercussions of climate change come on top of years of conflict, which have left…

S1E39 Stories of Climate Change and Migration to the U.S.-Mexico Border

Jan 30, 2025 24m

Natural disasters and other impacts of climate change are already affecting migration, but often in complex ways. This episode, we speak with Julia Neusner, a lawyer and researcher with the…

S1E38 The World Is Going Greener. What Role Can Immigrants Play?

Dec 12, 2024 23m

Many countries need more workers to fill jobs in clean energy and other sectors that are critical in the fight against a warming planet. Immigrants may be one part of the solution to the challenges…

S1E37 The Reverse of Climate Migration: Should There Be a Right Not to Be Displaced amid Climate Change?

Nov 15, 2024 24m

The international humanitarian protection system that was built in the aftermath of World War II does not offer protection for people displaced by climate change. In this episode, former UN Deputy…

S1E36 How We Talk about Climate Migration Shapes Treatment of “Climate Refugees”

Oct 04, 2024 23m

The ways in which people talk about climate migration can affect how individuals are treated. While many activists frame climate migrants as blameless victims of circumstance and even refer to them…

S1E35 A Warm Embrace in the Cold North? Climate Migration in Nordic Countries

Sep 03, 2024 40m

The Arctic region is warming much faster than other parts of the world. Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—have a reputation for being at the forefront of efforts to…

S1E34 "Coolcations” and “Last-Chance Tourism”: How Climate Change Is Upending Vacation Planning

Jul 23, 2024 24m

Climate change is remaking vacations, particularly in hot months. Extreme heat can be deadly for tourists and events such as wildfires, hurricanes, and sea-level rise can devastate tourism-dependent…

S1E33 What Brazil’s Disastrous Flooding Says about Climate Displacement Trends

Jun 26, 2024 29m

Floods and other fast-moving natural disasters are becoming more common and more severe because of climate change. When these disasters strike, they can displace huge numbers of people. This episode…

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How many episodes does Changing Climate, Changing Migration have?

Changing Climate, Changing Migration has published 52 episodes since November 2020, covering topics in Business, News.

Is Changing Climate, Changing Migration still active?

Changing Climate, Changing Migration is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 26m.

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