Robert McLeman

Professor, Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

[CambUP Earth and Environmental Science @CambUP_EarthSci]

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.
📚 https://t.co/IpwK0VGRmg
#climatechange

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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

[RinkWatch @RinkWatchOrg]

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. https://t.co/vOPubFODVi

[RinkWatch @RinkWatchOrg]

Is there anything more Canadian than this? https://t.co/pXHJUywmiR

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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. https://t.co/AYfBHW1pcV

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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.

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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

[EM203KieraNucci @EM203KieraNucci]

One tree at a time! Every small action counts.

[EM203KieraNucci @EM203KieraNucci]

One tree at a time! Every small action counts.

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

@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.

[Laurier Geog & ES @LaurierGeogEnv]

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:
https://t.co/9Zh8ts46x6

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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: https://t.co/NbmDMogjQa

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

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”. https://t.co/ejvQrswx87 @UNLGreatPlains

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

New report by @USCBO projects $ costs to US economy, property markets of climate change impacts. https://t.co/A9vg6IeGPW

[Wilfrid Laurier University @Laurier]

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.

https://t.co/eflxd42TK9

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

@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…

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

@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

[Robert McLeman @rmcleman]

@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.