How Can Technologists And Journalists Come Together To Better Cover Climate Migration In The Media?

September 20 | 2.00 - 3.00 PM ET

Hosted by: Climate Refugees (https://www.climate-refugees.org/)

About this event:
In an era where Jeff Bezos jaunt to near space received almost as much coverage as 2020's total climate change media coverage, how can concerned journalists and technologists come together to change the world?

This panel discussion will explore effective communications on climate change and resulting migration. This includes actually increasing coverage of climate-induced displacement and migration in the media and reframing dangerous climate narratives that have extended the climate "crisis" to a "migration crisis" for Global North countries. This particular framing lends to a skewed securitized and anti-migrant perspective, especially dangerous in a time where anti-migrant and xenophobic sentiments have been steadily rising.

At the same time, some have used data and climate modeling to support these narratives because they overlook some simple truths: most displacement is internal, displacement and forced migration are multi-causal, where it is essential to recognize that climate change increases existing vulnerabilities.

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Source: Climate Refugees (https://www.climate-refugees.org/)

Climate Refugees is a human rights organization that calls for the protection and rights of those displaced by climate change. Through advocacy, research, country reports and global monitoring, they shed light on the complexities of climate-induced displacement, its human rights implications and the climate injustice at its roots.