Climate & Global Migration Sessions
Communicating Effectively about Climate and Displacement
During this session, we will explore how we can use both our ears and our voice to communicate effectively about climate and displacement. Conversations about climate change can be challenging for many reasons. Participants will learn how listening with empathy is one way that we can build trust with people who feel climate change most acutely, including in communities where displacement is a risk. Participants will also learn how effective storytelling can help us communicate our local efforts as part of a larger narrative of climate action, dignity, and human rights.
Following this session, participants will:
Understand how listening with empathy and effective storytelling can help us communicate about climate change and displacement.
Identify opportunities for communicating with others about climate and displacement, and how communication itself is an important part of climate action.
Presenters
Patrick Marchman, Co-Chair, Climigration Network Narrative Building Working Group; Principal; KM Sustainability
Patrick holds a Master of Marine Affairs, University of Washington; and a Bachelor in Decision Sciences, Georgia State University. He founded the Climate Migration and Managed Retreat group for the American Society of Adaptation Professionals and has been involved in Climigration Network leadership since 2019. He is the author of several podcasts and articles and contributed to “Global Views on Climate Relocation and Social Justice: Navigating Retreat”, published by Routledge, 2021. Patrick has over 15 years of experience in environment, climate and sustainability work in the public and private sectors and his interest is in climate-related relocation and surrounding issues (land use planning, real estate, finance, climate risk). He is currently Principal of KM Sustainability, specializing in the intersection of climate and sustainability with how people and societies organize themselves on the land.
Delaney Bianca Morris, Climigration Network Member
Delaney Bianca Morris, WEDG, works at the intersections of culture and climate change with projects focused on resiliency, adaptation, and migration. She is a member of the Narrative Building working group with the Climigration Network. Currently pursuing a Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Systems from Pratt Institute as well as a certificate in Emergency Management & Disaster Recovery from UC-Irvine. She has worked for UN-Habitat, the Municipal Art Society of New York, Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability & Equity (RISE), and many other organizations. Delaney holds an MS in Urban Placemaking & Management and a BA in Live & Performing Arts Management.
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