CLIMATE MIGRATION & RESILIENCE RELATED EVENTS
Climate Havens Symposium
limate Havens: Humanistic Perspectives on Resilience, Migration, and Resources Symposium
University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology, April 16-17, 2026
As climate risks intensify, the idea of “climate havens”—and the identification of regions like the Great Lakes as more resilient to environmental change—raises pressing questions about space, belonging, justice, resources, and community. This symposium will explore climate havens through historical, philosophical, artistic, literary, and cultural perspectives, organized around three central themes:
1. What Is a Haven?
This theme invites scholars to explore the idea of a haven as a place of collective refuge and communal resilience in an increasingly unstable world. How have havens been imagined during times of crisis, migration, or disaster throughout history, literature, art, and philosophy? What does it mean for a place to serve as a haven not just for individuals, but for communities seeking belonging, healing, and safety? How do havens inspire new forms of care, kinship, and solidarity?
2. Whose Haven Is It?
This theme examines the ethical and social dimensions of climate havens. Who is able to seek refuge in climate-resilient regions—and who is excluded? How do race, gender, class, and histories of dispossession shape who is welcomed, who is displaced, and who gets to participate in defining community? What happens to existing communities when newcomers arrive? How do places of refuge are negotiated, contested, and reconstituted in the face of migration, inequality, and climate-driven change?
3. Climate Havens and Natural Resources
This theme focuses on the role of ecosystems and natural resources in shaping climate havens, with special attention to regions like the Great Lakes. How can sustainable management of water, land, and other resources support the development of just and resilient communities? How might Indigenous, local, and historical knowledge guide community-based approaches to ecological care and governance? How can we best strike a balance between environmental sustainability, human experience, and resource management in climate-resilient areas. Read more here
Migration, Conflict, and Climate Change
0th WZB Annual Conference on Migration and Diversity
Keynote speaker for the WZB Annual Address on Migration and Diversity is Halvard Buhaug, Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Migration, conflict, and climate change are some of the most pressing challenges of our time, each with profound implications for societies and economies worldwide. Climate change is not just an environmental issue; it exacerbates existing social and political tensions, and may lead to displacement, conflict, and forced migration. As these issues increasingly intersect, understanding their complex relationships becomes crucial for scholars and practitioners across various disciplines.
This conference brings together scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and human geography who look at migration and its intersections with conflict and climate change from both theoretical and/or methodological points of view.
More here: https://www.wzb.eu/en/events/migration-conflict-and-climate-change
3rd ECMN Annual Conference
3rd ECMN Annual Conference
The 3rd Annual Conference of the Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN) will be held on 8–10 July 2025, in Bonn, Germany, to explore the latest research, insights, and innovations in environmental and climate mobilities.
Don’t miss the call for abstracts opening in late January 2025. Stay tuned for updates on the program and speakers coming in early spring 2025.
Six Nations Water Festival
Six Nations Department of Well-Being and Ohneganos Present:
Teiethinonhwerá:tonne Ohné:kanos“Let us give thanks to
the Water” Festival
Family Games BBQ Bouncy Castle Paddle Racing Door Crashers
Join in the Water Festival at Chiefswood Park. Take part in contests for youth or join the paddle races. Come play interactive games with the whole family and learn how you can make sure your water source is safe.
CLARS Stakeholder Workshop in Uganda
CLARS Stakeholder Workshop in Uganda: Focusing on Refugees and IDPs in the Context of Climate Change
On May 13, 2025, Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda will host the first CLARS Stakeholder Workshop, focusing on the theme "Resilient Together: Climate Adaptation for Refugees and IDPs." This event will delve into the unique vulnerabilities faced by refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), particularly in light of climate-induced hazards such as floods, droughts, extreme temperatures, and landslides.
The Migration Conference 2025
The Migration Conference 2025 is hosted by the University of Greenwich, School of Law and Criminology, London, United Kingdom.
The Migration Conference is an annual academic conference that focuses on the multidisciplinary study of migration. It serves as a platform for researchers, scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students from around the world to come together and discuss various aspects of migration, including its causes, consequences, policies, and impacts on societies.
More here:: The Migration Conference 2025
The African Child and Youth Migration Network (ACYMN) International Conference
The African Child and Youth Migration Network (ACYMN) is delighted to announce that scholars, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers are invited to submit abstracts for its international conference. The conference theme is “African Child and Youth Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Perspective.” This conference aims to foster dialogue and shed light on research regarding African child and youth migrants in various contexts across the global North and South.
CLARS Stakeholder Workshop in Kenya
CLARS Stakeholder Workshop in Kenya: Addressing Gender and Social Inequalities in the Face of Climate Change
On April 4, 2025, Kisii University in Kenya will host the inaugural CLARS Stakeholder Workshop at the Senate Chambers. This event will focus on how climate change exacerbates existing gender and social inequalities, along with other climate-related socio-economic vulnerabilities (SEVs). The research team will present their initial findings, shedding light on the challenges faced by women and girls who are displaced by climate-induced disasters such as floods, droughts, extreme temperatures, and landslides.
Seventeenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses
The Seventeenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses is brought together by a common concern for the science of, and social responses to, climate change. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.
More here: https://on-climate.com/2025-conference
UNCCD Conference of Parties 16th session (COP16)
Where: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
More information: Website; live coverage
Not to be confused with the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP16 will see world leaders convene for action on drylands under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). This will be the world’s largest summit on land challenges since the last UNCCD Conference of Parties in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in May 2022.
Fifth WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health
The fifth edition of the WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health will take place from 2-6 of December 2024, web streamed from Bogotá Colombia, with a focus on “Advancing Universal Health Coverage for refugees and migrants: from evidence to action". The event is organized by the WHO’s Department of Health and Migration in close collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/WHO Regional Office for the Americas, hosted by Colombia’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
GAPSYM17: Africa at the intersection of Climate, Migration & Health challenges
The symposiums organised by the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association (GAPSYM) have been trendsetting in the Belgian academic landscape over the last 16 years, in the sense that they provide a unique interdisciplinary forum to showcase academic research taking place in collaboration with and conducted by African-based partners.
Migration, Conflict, and Climate Change: 10th WZB Annual Conference on Migration and Diversity
Migration, conflict, and climate change are some of the most pressing challenges of our time, each with profound implications for societies and economies worldwide. Climate change is not just an environmental issue; it exacerbates existing social and political tensions, and may lead to displacement, conflict, and forced migration. As these issues increasingly intersect, understanding their complex relationships becomes crucial for scholars and practitioners across various disciplines.
Climate Justice and Human Mobility: Challenges and Solutions
The impacts of climate change are not borne equally, and their effects on human mobility are not felt in the same ways by all. Pre-existing inequalities can be deepened by climate hazards and migration, and vulnerable and marginalized groups can be exposed to new challenges and factors of exclusion, while having limited resilience and adaptation capacities.
AQUACULTURE AFRICA 2024
AFRAQ24 technical program will aim to cover developmental issues including latest research and developmental aspects on aquaculture in Africa. The thematic plenary and technical parallel sessions will comprise submitted oral and poster presentations in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. AFRAQ24 will feature an international trade exhibition, industry forums, student sessions and activities, satellite workshops (and training sessions) and various meetings/forums on aquaculture development in Tunisia and Africa. The international conference will be centred around the theme “Blue Farming: New Horizons for Economic Growth”, and will feature lessons learnt from Tunisia and other countries on the role sustainable aquaculture continues to play in building sustainable food systems for economic growth.
COP29
COP29
The 29th Confereonnce of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 29) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, aiming to previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to effectively tackle the global challenge of climate change.