GLS received a seed grant from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) in spring 2012 to organize a planning workshop on climate migration.
Workshop on "Adapting to Climate Change: An Innovative Legal Approach to Climate Migration" (November 9-10, 2012), Lubar Commons (7200 Law), UW Law School
Sponsors: Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), GLS, Division of International Studies, Graduate School, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), UW Law School. Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, European Union Center of Excellence
Speakers/commentators: Keith Syrett (Cardiff University), Christina Voigt (University of Oslo), Dina-Kristin Topphol Midflo (University of Bergen), Dongsheng Zang (University of Washington-Seattle), Medhanit Adamu (University of Washington-Seattle), Katherine Curtis (UW-Madison), Sumudu Atapattu (UW-Madison), Heinz Klug (UW-Madison), Stephanie Tai (UW-Madison) and Alexandra Huneeus (UW-Madison)
Scholars affiliated with the project
Keith Syrett (Cardiff University)
Christina Voigt (University of Oslo)
Dina-Kristin Topphol Midflo (University of Bergen)
Dongsheng Zang (University of Washington-Seattle)
Medhanit Adamu (University of Washington-Seattle)
Sumudu Atapattu (UW-Madison)
Stephanie Tai (UW-Madison)
Follow up activities
A session proposal was submitted to the Law and Society Association meeting in spring 2013 titled "Climate Migration: From International Law to Local Conditions" by six of the scholars affiliated with the project.
A follow up workshop will be held at University of Washington-Seattle sponsored by the Washington Journal of Environmental Law and Policy and GLS in fall 2013.
Research
(forthcoming)
