Out of the frying planet and into the fire: Stories from the frontlines of climate-driven migration

As global temperatures and sea-levels rise, so to does the frequency of climate-driven migration. The search for a safe, healthy, and prosperous place to live has been a feature of humanity since time immemorial...but an increasingly polarized and toxic global discourse sees migrants being increasingly demonized, which makes it hard to have much-needed conversations around the issue. For many migrants of the climate crisis, cities are the end destination, which means that our urban centres need to be prepared for these new realities by adapting infrastructure, services, and policies to create healthy and resilient environments for all residents - old, and new. It’s way past time to open up the conversation.Image credit: Jody FosterFeatured guests:Spencer Coyne, Mayor of Princeton, BC, Canada.Jazmin Burgess, Director, Inclusive Climate Action; Giovanni Pagani, Senior Manager, Climate and Migration; and Claudia Huerta, Senior Manager for City Diplomacy and Campaigns, Climate and Migration.Links: Simon Kofe’s speech to COP26 - New Scientist (Video)Why cities must prepare for climate migration - C40 Knowledge HubThe far right is weaponizing climate change to argue against immigration - VoxFlooded Princeton, B.C., faces days without heat, says mayor - CBC News (Video)$1.7 billion flood projects still stalled in Abbotsford, Princeton and Merritt - Vancouver SunFuture urban landscapes: Climate migration projections in cities - C40 Knowledge HubC40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration - C40The ‘Climate Migration’ Narrative Is Inaccurate, Harmful, and Pervasive. We Need an Alternative - Centre for Global DevelopmentIf you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website at https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/Listen to the Cities 1.5 five-part miniseries “Going Steady with Herman Daly: How to Unbreak the Economy (and the Planet)" here: https://lnk.to/HDMiniSeriesCities 1.5 is produced by the University of Toronto Press and the C40 Centre, and is supported by C40 Cities. Sign up to the Centre newsletter: https://thecentre.substack.com/Writing and executive production by Peggy Whitfield.Narrative and communications support by Chiara Morfeo.Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/Music by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/