EVENT PROCEEDINGS

There has been a growing attention on the impact of climate change on human migration among scholars and policymakers. Climate change has been determined to be a key driver of mobility in the Agenda for Humanity, the 2016 United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees. Along with these anomalies, there are other well-known impact of climate change phenomenon that has ignited this migration due to global temperatures rise, extreme weather events that has become more frequent and intense, leading to displacement and migration of populations. Most of the European countries have crafted policies to accommodate climate change-related migrations. The United States, with its vast real estate industry can contribute in resolving similar challenges by playing a significant role.

This international seminar aims to explore the implications of climate change on migration and examine how the US real estate management sector can contribute to creating livelihood opportunities for affected populations. Further, along with migration issue, this seminar will also cover climate change- related impacts to the communities that include among others are lack of precipitation, intensive heat episodes, change in weather pattern are leading toward El Niño, drought, illnesses, and health stresses to the vulnerable communities. In addition, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation mainstreaming in the urban and rural planning process will also be tackled in this seminar.

The participants will be sharing their works, research, and good practices in the seminar for direct and indirect stakeholders who can learn and utilize these practices in their decision making towards resilient societies.