Climate Migration

For this Big Picture, presented by Jacobs, we hear from cities and regions preparing to receive an impending generation of climate migrants. The contributors envision what new, more resilient, and equitable districts might look like on higher ground, as we learn that not every risk can be mitigated.

Jason Bird

Florida Resilience Practice Leader & US South Water Resources Solutions Leader, Jacobs

Adam Hosking
Vice President and Global Director for Water Resources & Resilience, Jacobs

James A. Moore
Global Solutions Director - Cities & Places, Jacobs

Virginie Alonzi

Strategic Foresight Director, Bouygues Construction

Susannah C. Drake

Principal and Founder, DLANDstudio, FASLA, AIA Associate Professor CU Boulder ENVD

Peter Engelke

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

David Foster

Senior Advisor, Policy & Communications, Canadian Home Builders’ Association

Jesse M. Keenan

Lecturer in Architecture Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University

Josef Konvitz

Associate Fellow, Resilience, NewCities

Thaddeus Pawlowski

Managing Director, Center for Resilient Cities And Landscapes, Columbia University

Missy Stults

Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor, Michigan

Jason Thistlethwaite

Associate Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo

Anna Ziolecki
Adjunct Professor and Director of Partners for Action, University of Waterloo

Anna Zhuo

Co-Founder, Climate Migrants and Refugees Project

George P.R. Benson
Co-Founder, CMRP

Ingrid Burrington

Co-author, The Training Commission

Brendan C. Byrne
Co-author, The Training Commission

Anthony Townsend

Founder & President, Star City Group