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Julian Hattem
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SHELTER FROM THE STORM: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS CREATING A NEW ERA OF MIGRATION out January 2026: https://thenewpress.org/books/shelter-from-the-storm/
Editor of the Migration Information Source from the Migration Policy Institute: bit.ly/SourceSignUp
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Julian Hattem @jmhattem.bsky.social · Sep 29
I am so incredibly thrilled to say that my book is coming out in January!

Shelter from the Storm is a deep, sprawling overview of the ways that climate change is creating a new era of human migration
Reposted by Julian Hattem
murosinvisibles.bsky.social
Lines at the markets in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, according to a friend there trying to stock up right now
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration is out ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!

Pick up a copy from your local bookstore or wherever else you get books (but especially your local bookstore)
a stack of copies of Shelter from the Storm
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
The wrong answers are interesting (most people expected a female president by now) but also curious what people got right

Small majorities anticipated the rise of internet shopping and work-from-home
What Americans in a 1998 poll expected to happen by the year 2025.....
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Are you in DC? COME TO MY BOOK LAUNCH!

Tues, Jan 6 at 7pm at the amazing and wonderful @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social

I will be there to talk and give you a hug and say thank you very much

www.eventbrite.com/e/julian-hat...
Julian Hattem - Shelter From The Storm
An urgent wake-up call about the coming large-scale human displacement caused by climate change, from one of the world’s leading experts
www.eventbrite.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposted by Julian Hattem
rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
NEW: Mark Zuckerberg once made immigration reform a signature cause. More than a decade later, his philanthropy has fully cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group he founded, FWD.us, underscoring how his posture has shifted over the years, and most recently as Trump returns to power.
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
"a thoughtful, in-depth study of the nature and consequences of climate change in an increasingly mobile world"

What a nice review of SHELTER FROM THE STORM from Foreword Reviews!

www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/shel...
Julian Hattem’s Shelter from the Storm is an insightful, sobering overview of the past, present, and future of human movement in the age of climate change. The book’s thesis that “We Have Always Been Climate Migrants” frames migration as a fundamental part of the world’s present and of humanity’s future response to the stressors of climate change. From the Little Ice Age to the Dust Bowl, the book covers the history, theory, and dynamics of climatological migration as a phenomenon. In doing so, it provides a distinct frame and context for the stories of human suffering, resilience, and hope within. The text moves seamlessly from historical anecdotes to modern interviews and on-the-ground economic and scientific theory with competence and familiarity. The more narrative aspects of the text, which tell the stories of many people impacted by the changing climate, clash a bit with its more systems-oriented discussions of policy, history, and economics. However, the two support each other well thematically, and the examples of individuals affected by climate change are compelling, as are discussions of decision-making that illuminate the book’s more abstract theories. It is remarkable how the text manages to discuss the hard realities of immigration, life as a refugee, oppression, genocide, and ecological collapse while still retaining sparks of human joy, collaboration, and ingenuity. As much time is spent discussing the advantages and drawbacks of potential solutions as is given to acknowledging the vastness of the problems themselves. The central topic is treated with nuance throughout, preventing excessive grimness and unrealistic faux-optimism from forming. Shelter from the Storm is a thoughtful, in-depth study of the nature and consequences of climate change in an increasingly mobile world, and of how ecological shifts will continue to shape human movement in the years to come.
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
New podcast episode is up!

I spoke with @kelseabest.bsky.social about whether someone's ability to migrate away from climate hazards is just a function of their personal wealth. The answer: Sometimes, but not necessarily

mpichangingclimatechangingmigration.podbean.com/e/economics-...
Trapped by Climate Change: The Economics of Staying or Leaving | Changing Climate, Changing Migration
It is not guaranteed that someone harmed by a natural disaster or other environmental change will leave their home. A complicated web of factors affects whether climate-vulnerable individuals want to—...
mpichangingclimatechangingmigration.podbean.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
"Marocco and Lewin failed to heed their own agencies’ assessments, according to internal records and interviews.

As a result, people in South Sudan died."
lisalsong.bsky.social Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 19d
In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.

In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.

Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.

www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
some of the first legal "climate migrants" have arrived in Australia from the small Pacific Island country Tuvalu, benefiting from a first-of-its-kind migration (and security) deal

Numerically small--only 280 visas are offered annually-- it's a big deal symbolically
www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
From forklift driver to pastor: Tuvalu's first climate migrants touch down in Australia
Tuvalu's first climate migrants have arrived in Australia, marking the beginning of a historic relocation as rising seas threaten to swallow their island home.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Recently published a pair of intriguing articles that look at different migration crises through the lens of small neighboring countries:

Ukrainians in Moldova: www.migrationpolicy.org/article/mold...
Venezuelans in Trinidad& Tobago: www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trin...
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
would be cool to see some movement on making intra-African flights cheaper

I wrote something on this nearly a decade ago and it doesnt seem like all that much has changed since then www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
cobbo3.bsky.social Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 22d
West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, to cut air transport taxes to bring down one of the world’s highest air travel costs. African flights are the most expensive globally, driven largely by excessive taxes, fees and levies that often exceed the base ticket price.
ECOWAS to cut air transport taxes in bid to lower cost of air travel in West Africa | Africanews
ECOWAS Member States will abolish air transport taxes from 1 January 2026.
www.africanews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
big news for the refugee world: former Iraqi President Barham Salih reportedly will be the nest UN High Commissioner for Refugees, replacing Filippo Grandi after 10 years

www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: Former Iraqi president picked to lead UN Refugee Agency
Barham Salih's appointment breaks the tradition of European leadership of the world's premier refugee outfit.
www.devex.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
I am absolutely thrilled and honored to see a starred review for SHELTER FROM THE STORM in @ala-booklist.bsky.social

this is really very cool

www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
Hattem, who’s reported for the Washington Post and the Atlantic and now edits the journal for the Migration Policy Institute, presents a compelling yet nuanced vision of the role climate change plays in global human migration patterns. In contrast to comparable natural disasters over the past millennia, the author argues, modern events—flooding in Africa that displaces four million people, the inundation of Pacific islands, Katrina, and the Palisades and Eaton fires in California, a few examples among too many to enumerate—are happening concurrently and worldwide, further proof of genuine, lasting climate change. He hones in on Bangladesh and Guatemala, which are especially impacted, and points to a lack of any governmental frameworks legalizing the entry of “climate migrants,” who, it turns out, would have much preferred staying home—or at least in their own countries. All that said, he admits to the complications of teasing out climate change, though real and hugely impactful, as one factor among many in human migration. “If there is good news,” he dryly notes at the end of the book, “it is that we are all in this together.”
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Julian Hattem
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."
ORDER For the reasons stated in the foregoing Memorandum Opinion, it is this 11th day of December, 2025, by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, ORDERED that: 1. Petitioner Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s Petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 at ECF No. 1 is hereby GRANTED; 2. Respondents SHALL release Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately; 3. Respondents SHALL notify Abrego Garcia’s counsel of the exact time and location of his release no fewer than four hours prior to releasing him, and notify the Court of the status of Abrego Garcia’s release by email to chambers no later than 5:00 p.m. today, Thursday, December 11, 2025; 4. A representative of the United States Pretrial Services Office for this District SHALL separately contact Abrego Garcia’s criminal counsel with further instruction for installation on the release conditions previously imposed in his criminal case, United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); 5. Respondents SHALL immediately transmit this Order and the accompanying Memorandum Opinion to all relevant officers, agents, and employees under their control and who are involved in this matter and the pending criminal case, United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); 6. Within a week of the date of this Order, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2025, the parties SHALL submit a joint status report as to the parties’ position regarding resolution of Respondents’ pending motion to dissolve at ECF No. 72; and 7. The Clerk is DIRECTED to transmit a copy of this Order to all counsel of record. December 11, 2025 /s/ Date Paula Xinis United States District Judge
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
!!! "In 2024, hail damage in the US cost more than damage from hurricanes and floods put together."
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
perhaps worth noting that more than 4/5 of Somali immigrants in the US are US citizens, compared to about 1/2 of immigrants overall

they're also more likely than both the total immigrant population & people born in the US to be active in the labor force
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/sub-...
Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States
Approximately 2.5 million sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in the United States in 2024—more than triple the number in 2000—with most coming from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or South Africa. ...
www.migrationpolicy.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Sad to hear about the recent passing of Tord Kjellström, a pioneering environmental health scientist who did important work examining the impacts of rising heat

I was fortunate enough to speak with Tord a few years ago mpichangingclimatechangingmigration.podbean.com/e/impacts-of...
Impacts of Extreme Heat: Global Warming and Migration | Changing Climate, Changing Migration
Global warming and extreme heat are behind many of the phenomena linked to climate change. Hotter weather also has an impact on migration and on migrants, particularly in destinations such as the Midd...
mpichangingclimatechangingmigration.podbean.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
"Given the cost of the advertising blitz, as well as the airfare and cash payments, it works out to about $7,500 per self-deportation."

vs a cost of about $17,000 every time ICE arrests & deports someone
nickmiroff.bsky.social Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · Dec 2
SCOOP: Despite a $200M ad campaign, only about 35k have signed up to “self-deport” via CBP Home so far.

DHS claims more than 1.6 million have left since Trump took office, but the department is treating demographic estimates as enforcement data www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
DHS’s $7,500 Self-Deportations
What the Trump administration is spending to entice people to leave
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
add Tehran to the list of capitals that are or may be moved bc of environmental hazards: www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-pr...

also includes Indonesia (Jakarta--> Nusantara) and Belize (Belize City--> Belmopan)
Iran's president says capital must move from Tehran over ecological concerns
Experts warn drought and water mismanagement have made the city's development unsustainable
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Julian Hattem
theathletic.com
Haiti qualified to compete in the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1974.

But travel bans imposed by the U.S. government mean many fans will not be able to attend their nation’s games in the United States next summer.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
a classic segue for the ages
Air-quality alerts are becoming part of match prep. Athletes are used to adapting – it’s what we do. But adaptation is critical for us all in the face of climate change. That’s why I’ve joined Adapt2Win, a new global campaign backed by more than 40 athletes from around the world – from footballers to surfers, basketball players to runners, skiers to rugby players – calling on world leaders to invest in climate adaptation now. Because what’s happening on the pitch is only a glimpse of what’s happening off it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Julian Hattem
joolia.bsky.social
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Asian national soccer teams are in a "naturalization arms race" to secure the talents of foreign-born players ahead of the expanded World Cup, reports the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
How World Cup expansion is driving Asia’s naturalisation arms race
As Asia’s allocation has doubled for the next World Cup many nations look to foreign-born talent to push them towards qualification
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
"The overhaul represents a striking departure for the behemoth agency that Congress created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks... Today, the Trump administration has remade the agency into a veritable Department of Deportation."
mhkeller.bsky.social michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · Nov 16
The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
watching black mirror episodes like it's shark tank, looking for new ideas to invest in
cpaxton.bsky.social Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · Nov 13
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM