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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 21

Tagging experts and key figures in the field, I know, in case you can connect Chetna to anyone, she can interview: @jgilligan.org @farhanasultana.com @kelseabest.bsky.social @helenkopnina.bsky.social ‪@earth-andrew.bsky.social‬

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Jul 8

It was so fun to talk about our book "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" with Hannah! You can listen to the conversation here. @universitypress.cambridge.org @rmcleman.bsky.social @kayly.bsky.social
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Kelsea Best, Kayly Ober, Robert A. McLeman, "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Jul 8

People interested in #ClimateChange and #Migration should listen to this excellent podcast interview with @kelseabest.bsky.social about her new book, _Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate_.

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Kelsea Best, Kayly Ober, Robert A. McLeman, "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · Jun 2

IBES affiliate @jenniferhadden.bsky.social, an associate prof at @watsoninstitute.bsky.social, is coauthor of "When boundaries are blurred: infrastructure needs in support of the climate displaced."

Read the new article in Frontiers in Climate ⤵️

Frontiers | When boundaries are blurred: infrastructure needs in support of the climate displaced

Interactions between climate change and human displacement are complex, yet it is clear that climate change has and will continue to alter patterns of mobili...

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · May 30

In this new paper, we discuss how engineers can better support people displaced by the effects of climate change. Check it out! www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...

Frontiers | When boundaries are blurred: infrastructure needs in support of the climate displaced

Interactions between climate change and human displacement are complex, yet it is clear that climate change has and will continue to alter patterns of mobili...

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Sarah Gonzalez Coffin @sgonzalezcoffin.bsky.social · May 6

The first book on my summer reading list has arrived! 📚💡Looking forward to learning from @kelseabest.bsky.social and colleagues about the latest research on how climate change interacts with population dynamics.

#Research #ReadingList

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you, Sarah!! I hope you enjoy it :)

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Robert McLeman @rmcleman.bsky.social · Apr 11

Will you be teaching a course on #climatemigration? Pls consider adopting new book by @kelseabest.bsky.social, Kayly Ober & me, ‘Migration in a changing climate’, pub’s by Cambridge. See image for description & 20% discount code.

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Apr 10

"In a rapidly changing climate and a world with more people on the move, we collectively need to rethink how we view migration and adjust our policies and practices accordingly."
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“Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate” - Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press

Each year, more than 20 million people on average are displaced by floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts, and that number will increase in coming decades as the impacts of climate change strengt...

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Mar 15

Link here: www.amazon.com/Migration-Di...

Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate

Buy Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Mar 15

New book "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" with the brilliant @rmcleman.bsky.social and Kayly Ober out in April and available for preorder! @cambridgeup.bsky.social

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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · Mar 13

Levels of inequality within a community are important contributors to community-level patterns of migration in Bangladesh.

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👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Economic inequality is a crucial determinant of observed patterns of environmental migration - Communications Earth & Environment

Levels of inequality within a community are important contributors to community-level patterns of migration, according simulations with an agent-based model of the influence of environmental shocks, l...

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Mar 12

Delighted to share a new publication, with the amazing @kelseabest.bsky.social & Bishawjit Mallick, using pattern-oriented agent-based modeling to explore the importance of economic inequality in determining patterns of environmentally-driven migration in Bangladesh.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Economic inequality is a crucial determinant of observed patterns of environmental migration - Communications Earth & Environment

Levels of inequality within a community are important contributors to community-level patterns of migration, according simulations with an agent-based model of the influence of environmental shocks, l...

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Jesse M. Keenan @keenanclimate.com · Jan 21

See my commentary @cnn.com in re complexity of human mobility in the face of extreme events. #climatechange #people #decisions #housing #mobility w/commentary from @kelseabest.bsky.social Alex de Sheribinin from @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/c...

Extreme weather events like the LA wildfires are creating climate refugees. Where do they go? | CNN

As extreme weather gets worse, people in high-risk areas are confronting the reality that it’s getting harder and to insulate themselves from disaster.

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Jan 13

The devastating LA fires will undoubtedly have widespread effects on housing availability and affordability www.fastcompany.com/91258483/l-a...

L.A.'s fires will make the city's housing crisis even worse

L.A. was already struggling to build housing. Now it needs more.

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Dec 6

I'm very happy to share this new paper, led by the brilliant undergraduate Mia Matteucci, on "Multi-stakeholder perspectives on climate gentrification in Miami-Dade, Florida" :) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Multi-stakeholder perspectives on climate gentrification in Miami-Dade, Florida

Climate gentrification (CG) considers the complex ways that climate change can interact with housing affordability, development, and social inequity t…

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · May 12

I will give a shout-out to my brilliant former student @kelseabest.bsky.social who's done a lot of good work quantfying inequities in vulnerability and adaptaiton along the Atlantic coast.

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Disadvantaged populations, meaning those that have the fewest resources and least ability to adapt and respond, will experience the most severe effects of climate change. Such disadvantaged groups often include racial minorities, older populations, relatively low-income populations, and renters. An estimated 20 million coastal residents in the U.S. will be at risk of inundation due to sea level rise (SLR) and/or storm surges by 2030, yet there is less evidence of how multiple and cascading burdens of SLR that are beyond direct inundation will affect disadvantaged populations. We argue that concentrating solely on adaptation to the inundation effects of SLR neglects more complex burdens of SLR, such as the isolation of communities and individuals from essential services, that may interact with social vulnerability to reinforce structures of inequality.

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Eviction Lab @evictionlab.bsky.social · Nov 29

“Both eviction filings and threats of eviction went up in the wake of hurricanes, which could be fueling housing instability and displacement in the wake of disasters.“

via @gristnews.bsky.social

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Why tenants struggle more in the wake of hurricanes

New research shows how renters are more uniquely vulnerable to hurricanes than their homeowner counterparts.

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Kelsea Best, PhD @kelseabest.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thanks, Jonathan :)

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Nov 21

Climate folks: welcome Dr. Kelsea Best @kelseabest.bsky.social to Bluesky. Kelsea does very exciting work on climate justice and equitable adaptation, and is well worth following.

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