What If We Embrace Climate Migration?

Thu Feb 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-08:00

NHM Commons Wing | Los Angeles

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What If We Embrace Climate Migration?
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Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square and Carnegie California in partnership with Natural History Museum of LA County and Flavors from Afar.
About this Event

Moderated by Simon Romero, International Correspondent, New York Times.


The discourse around climate migration tends toward the apocalyptic and dystopian. Headlines warn that floods, droughts, and other extreme natural disasters—and the resulting displacement of dispossessed people—are the new normal. But what if we focused on what the world stands to gain from climate migration, both domestic and international? How would we reconsider borders, rethink international aid and cooperation, and reimagine how communities welcome and absorb newcomers? Can we learn to see migration as an act of dignity, and another form of adaptation that moves a species forward?


Join us for a night at the museum, including a panel conversation at the new NHM Commons Theater with artist Tanya Aguiñiga, paleobotanist and curator Regan Dunn, climate mobility scholar Liliana Gamboa, and New Nomad Institute co-founder Badruun Gardi. They’ll discuss what it would take to build a more interconnected, resilient, and nomadic world on the international, community, and individual levels.


An after-hours reception will follow in NHM’s Dueling Dinos Grand Foyer and African and North American Diorama Halls featuring food and beverages by Flavors from Afar, beats by dublab DJ Rani de Leon, and vinyl deep listening sessions exploring global themes by Tana Yonas with Sounds from Afar. Free with RSVP.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

NHM Commons Wing, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

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