Hosted by the LSE Department of Social Policy Green Team and Earth Refuge (a legal think tank dedicated to climate migrants), this webinar is uniquely structured to provide a more holistic and solutions-focused understanding of the problem of climate-driven migration and displacement.

The first part of the webinar will provide a nuanced introductory understanding of the issue of hand by drawing upon the expertise of 3 specialists working across various sectors. They will explore the policy landscape, surrounding debates, the legal aspect of climate-driven migration, colonial legacies, and just transitions. The second part will feature a similarly cross-sectoral panel of experts who will discuss potential solutions, frameworks, and case studies. Lastly, there will be a Q&A session, where the audience will have ample time to ask any of the speakers questions

Meet our speakers

Dr. Sumudu Atapattu is the Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison. She teaches in the areas of international environmental law, climate change and human rights. 

Lauren Grant spearheads geographical and thematic research and reporting on climate migration at Earth Refuge. Outside of Earth Refuge, Lauren is an advocate and researcher in the fields of climate migration, women’s, Indigenous and minority rights, violence, conflict, genocide and development. 

Yumna Kamel is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Earth Refuge, a legal think tank dedicated to climate migrants. Additionally, Yumna is a Penn LLM Public Interest Fellow and works in human rights in London. 

Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Dhaka and the founding Chair of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), the premier migration think tank of Bangladesh. She has published extensively on climate change related migration, displacement, labour migration and remittances. 

Atle Solberg is the Head of the Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement. He is a political scientist from Norway and he was the Head of the Nansen Initiative Secretariat, the predecessor of the Platform on Disaster Displacement, from 2012 to 2015. His background is primarily from international humanitarian action and from working in the context of displacement (both in conflict and natural hazard situations). 

Meet our chair

Lucinda Platt (@PlattLucinda) is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology in the Department of Social Policy at LSE. Lucinda’s research focuses on the analysis of inequality within and between social groups, in the UK and internationally; and she is currently a panel member for the IFS Deaton Inequality Review. As part of her work for the Deaton Review, she recently co-authored a study investigating ethnic inequalities in vulnerability to COVID-19. She also works on identity and inter-group relations, child poverty and child development, and the methodology and history of social surveys.

How to attend

This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required.

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More about this event

The Department of Social Policy's Green Impact team consists of undergraduate and Master’s students who work closely together with staff and faculty across the Department of Social Policy at LSE to create, initiate, and lead green-themed projects throughout the year. The Social Policy Green team members of the 2021/22 cohort come from diverse and interdisciplinary backgrounds and have various experiences in environmental and sustainability work and advocacy.