Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate - Hardcover

Kelsea Best , Kayly Ober , Robert A. McLeman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1009449591 ISBN 13: 9781009449595

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

This book explores voluntary migration, involuntary displacement, and immobility related to climate change, using global examples.

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About the Authors

Kelsea Best is an Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and City and Regional Planning at the Ohio State University where she studies equity in climate impacts and adaptations, including climate-related mobility. She has consulted for the US Department of State and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. She is an active member of the Association of American Geographers and the Society for Risk Analysis.

Kayly Ober is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. She has worked on climate, migration, and conflict for 15 years, including as a lead author of the World Bank report “Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration.” She is currently a senior advisor for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations at the US Department of State.

Robert A. McLeman is Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. He has researched climate-related migration and displacement for more than two decades, advised many governments and international agencies on related issues, and served as coordinating lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and has been a consultant for numerous multilateral and government agencies. A former Canadian diplomat, he wrote Climate and Human Migration: Past Experiences, Future Challenges (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009449591
• ISBN 13: 9781009449595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350