Human Geographer, University of the Sunshine Coast
I am a cultural geographer, interested in the fundamental questions of equity and human security in a post-carbon world. I explore what is changing socially and culturally as climate change impacts are felt and responses are formulated. I suggest and apply new concepts to describe and understand this social and cultural change, and to imagine and plan for the future. My current research foci are cultural resilience in response to climate change as an existential threat to humanity, human mobility in a changing climate, and the social effects of financialization of climate risk.
Climate migration: what the research shows is very different from the alarmist headlines
Oct 09, 2020 07:54 am UTC| Nature
Predictions of mass climate migration make for attention-grabbing headlines. For more than two decades, commentators have predicted waves and rising tides of people forced to move by climate change. Recently, a think-tank...
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