Robert McLeman

Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate by @BestKelsea, @rmcleman, @KaylyOber This book explores voluntary migration, involuntary displacement, and immobility related to climate change, using global examples. 📚 cup.org/3GOHY1K #climatechange

Last time I checked, the “GO” in @GOtransit was an acronym for Government of Ontario. Ottawa is in Ontario. Is it wrong to ask why this GO bus in Waterloo today is flashing #GoLeafsGo in English & French but not #GoSensGo as well? @SensCentral @Senators

First trillium in bloom this spring in my local forest, so far as I could observe. Waterloo county.

New #NHLgreen article by RinkWatch’s @rmcleman about how this past winter ODR season compared with previous winters, with great photos from #rinkwatch participants & others. nhl.com/news/topic/nhl…

Is there anything more Canadian than this? nytimes.com/2025/04/16/wor…

I’ve studied & written about #climatechange +migration for 20+ years, time to step aside. In what’s likely my final journal article on the topic, I summarize what researchers know & don’t know about climate & displacement. It’s open access. epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index…

Will you be teaching a course on #climatemigration? Pls consider adopting new book by @BestKelsea, @KaylyOber & me, ‘Migration in a changing climate’, pub’d by Cambridge. See image for description & 20% discount code.

I agree, lots of small actions add up to big changes.

One tree at a time! Every small action counts.

@environmentca @IPCC_CH @environmentca If you’re so proud of this, please explain why you quietly removed funding for Canadian scientists to participate in next #IPCC assessment cycle? Cdn scientists have been told if they want to participate, they need to pay their own way.

1/2 🧑‍🔬Our scientists helped shape the outlines of three next reports on #ClimateChange of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (@IPCC_CH). 👇

Dr. Adrienne Johnston's ES296 Introduction to Sustainability class visited St. Agatha in Wilmot Township to learn more about the needs of the community & apply sustainable practices to real-world settings. Read more here: granthaven.com/_files/ugd/a53…

Two students & I reviewed every #IPCC report since 1990, identified, summarized how migration/displacement were assessed. Resulting 33p report too massive for a journal article available free, open access here here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Have been reading about crazy price of #eggs in USA. In Canada we have supply management system that ensures farms = well managed, not disrupted by bird flu, producers get fair income, consumers pay fair prices. Today’s price for 12 large eggs at my local store = C$3.93/US$2.75

Great to see @laurier QB Taylor Elgersma getting profiled in @TheAthletic

Of all the academic papers I’ve participated in, this one published in latest issue of #GreatPlainsResearch may be my favourite, even if no one ever reads/cites it. “How Drought Helped #JimmyCarter (Nearly) Win South Dakota in 1976”. muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article… @UNLGreatPlains

New report by @USCBO projects $ costs to US economy, property markets of climate change impacts. cbo.gov/publication/60…

A #Laurier and @UnivofGh exchange has received Queen Elizabeth Scholarship funding. Focused on climate-induced migration, Laurier undergraduate students will travel to Ghana for 60-day internships & graduate students will study at Laurier for a semester. ow.ly/s0fK50UoHun

@EM203_sanaa Best actions = things we should be doing anyhow: increasing supply of affordable housing, improving access to basic health care, ensuring migrants have same rights/protections as other workers, making sure schools can meet needs of migrants’ kids, facilitating remittances…

Hi @rmcleman, how can communities better prepare for the challenges of climate migration while ensuring equity and resilience for both migrants and host populations? Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

@Em203AB9 Most college/uni campuses have student-run environmental clubs/orgs, which are a great place to start (like @WLU_EcoHawks_w). High school students can join their student councils & other clubs and encourage them to take climate action

@rmcleman What are ways that students can take action to make a difference and join the fight against climate change.

@EM203OmarKhan Stats from @IDMC_Geneva show floods and extreme storms already displace millions of people each year. As the frequency & severity of such events increase, it seems inevitable even more people will be displaced in coming years; @WorldBank projects as many as 215M by 2050s.

Hi @rmcleman, your research on how climate drives migration is fascinating. With NASA highlighting more extreme weather, how do you see this shaping migration in vulnerable regions? #ClimateChange #EM203