Resources to Guide Your Action
Whether you want to educate yourself, donate money, or take action, these are some places to start. Links to organizations, books, articles, and artists worth your time.
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UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
SCIENCE ADVOCACY
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UNHRC
AID ORGANIZATION
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CLIMATE MIGRATION COUNCIL
POLICY INFLUENCERS
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CLIMATE REFUGEES
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
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MIGRANT SOLIDARITY MUTUAL AID NETWORK
LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE
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CANIO'S BOOKS
SMALL BIZ / WOMEN-OWNED / FIERCE / FRIENDS
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HOMES NOT BORDERS
LOCAL AID ORGANIZATION
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WELCOME CORPS
RESETTLEMENT SERVICE
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WELCOME.US
RESETTLEMENT SERVICE
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CCAN
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION
BOOKS WORTH A READ
Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan, Map of Hope and Sorrow. (London, UK: Footnote Press) 2022
Anna Badkhen, Bright Unbearable Reality. (NY: New York Review Books) 2022
Jake Bittle, The Great Displacement. (NY: Simon & Shuster) 2023
Dana R. Fisher, Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action. (NY: Columbia University Press) 2024
David Gessner, A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World. (UT: Torrey House Press) 2023
Jeff Goodell, The Water Will Come. (NY: Little, Brown) 2017
Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First. (NY: Little, Brown) 2023
Sally Hayden, My Fourth Time, We Drowned. (NY: Melville House Publishing) 2022
Parag Khanna, Move: How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World and What It Means for You. (London, UK: Orion Publishing Group) 2022
Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky, the Nature of the Future. (NY: Random House) 2021
Jane McAdam, Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press) 2012
Robert A. McLeman, Climate and Human Migration. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press) 2013
Todd Miller, Storming the Wall. (CA: City Lights Books) 2017
Sonia Shah, The Next Great Migration. (NY: Bloomsbury Publishing) 2020
Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, Not too late : changing the climate story from despair to possibility. (Chicago: Haymarket Books) 2023.
Greta Thunberg, The Climate Book. (NY: Penguin Press) 2023
David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth. (NY: Penguin Random House) 2020
Ai Weiwei, HUMAN FLOW: Stories from the Global Refugee Crisis (NY: Princeton University Press), 2020
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths
To Fight Climate Change, We Need New ‘Political Technologies’
America’s oldest Black town is threatened by floods — and seeking a Plan B
Amid expected surge of border crossings, a costly predicament for D.C.
DeSantis Pushes Toughest Immigration Crackdown in the Nation - The New York Times
Seas have drastically risen along southern U.S. coast in past decade
The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023 - BBC Future
‘We’ve Experienced the Stories We’re Telling’: ‘The Jungle’ Is Back.
As Climate Change Worsens, US Weighs Which Communities to Save - The New York Times
'It's like a death:' What it's like to leave one flood-prone community
There's a Crucial Climate Summit in Egypt. Our Event Tells You What to Expect.
What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay - The New York Times
Climate Change and the Impact on U.S. Immigration and Asylum Law
A melting glacier, an imperiled city and one farmer’s fight for climate justice
She lost her house to the rising sea. Nowhere else feels like home
Food Security and Population | Union of Concerned Scientists
Climate Change and Population | Union of Concerned Scientists
Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors
Heat wave breaks monthly records in India and continues to build
This Eminent Scientist Says Climate Activists Need to Get Real - The New York Times
As Climate Fears Mount, Some Are Relocating Within the US | WIRED
8 reasons not to give up hope - and take climate action | UN News
UN human rights ruling could boost climate change asylum claims | UN News
How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change? - The New York Times
What climate change will mean for your home - The Washington Post
To Understand Our Future on Earth, Look to the Laws That Govern Nature - The New York Times
ARTISTS WORTH YOUR ATTENTION
Guerra De La Paz Guerra de la Paz – Art Works for Change
Ai Weiwei Human Flow
Michael Nash and Justin Hogan. Climate Refugees | Video Project
Lena Dobrowolska You Never Know One Day You Too Might Become A Refugee — Lena Dobrowolska
John Akomfrah and Olafur Eliasson On Culture and Climate: Artist Talk with John Akomfrah and Olafur Eliasson
Kader Attia The Space In Between: A Conversation with Kader Attia - Sculpture
Oto Hudec Oto Hudec: Art in the age of climate migrants
Helen O’Leary Home is a Foreign Country (2018) — Helen O'Leary
Nina Elder Nina Elder