Climate Migration

At the end of last month, the Climate Collaborative had the pleasure of hosting Professor A.R. Siders, a climate migration expert from the University of Delaware. This week in the newsletter, we're digging into the topic, with reporting from our partners on how climate drives where we choose to live and move.

– Michael Crowe, Editor/Project Manager, Covering Climate Collaborative

Reporting from Our Partners

The Raleigh skyline from a drone. WRAL news video screenshot.

WRAL Raleigh: Raleigh's climate resiliency attracting new residents

A recent study ranked Raleigh second in the nation for climate resiliency, a factor that real estate agents say is important to some new buyers moving to the area.

Donna LaMountain, 51, embraces her friend, Tammey Lynch, 55, after looking at damage on Pine Island Road on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Matlacha, Fla. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the coast of South West Florida as a category 4 storm Wednesday afternoon leaving areas affected with flooded streets, downed trees and scattered debris. MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com

Miami Herald: Florida’s population boom drives bigger hurricane losses, despite tougher building codes

A new report shows that despite a resilient building code, progress has been undermined by the surge of people moving to Florida's coast in recent years.

Tanya Stephens admires the landscape in Oxygen Alley in the city’s Poletown East neighborhood, formerly a vacant lot. This project is stewarded by Arboretum Detroit. Photo by Angela Lugo-Thomas.

Planet Detroit: ‘Boomerang’ Detroiter launches workshop to help residents activate vacant land

The city called her back. Now Tanya Stephens joins Detroiters who have been transforming vacant land into useful community spaces like gardens, flower farms, mini forests, pocket parks, outdoor classrooms, and performance spaces for years.

News from the Collab

Prof. A.R. Siders is superimposed on a graphic showing historic flood buyouts.

What journalists should know about covering climate migration

A summary of Prof. A.R. Siders chat with the Covering Climate Collaborative - from our high aspirations to cascading billion-dollar disasters.

From Our Science Partners

A graph from climate central showing the ride of their climate shift index between june and august

Climate Central: Wildfire Smoke: Nationwide Health Risk

New analysis from our partners at Climate Central finds the average person in the U.S. has breathed in more harmful wildfire smoke in 2023 than in any year since 2006. This year is part of a trend of increasing fire weather, which fuels the flames and smoke that put health and safety at risk in our warming climate.

What we're reading

One city’s escape plan from rising seas, featuring A.R. Siders in Wired
Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows in the western United States, via Weather West
Climate change is destroying public housing and displacing women of color, from The 19th

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