IMBRACE
@imbrace-erc.bsky.social
A research project funded by the European Research Council that analyzes the nexus between climate change, health, and immigration. Led by Panagiota Kotsila at @icta-uab.bsky.social
https://imbrace-erc.org/
https://imbrace-erc.org/
As the planet heats and floods intensify, who is most at risk? We're taking advantage of #DayOfClimateAction to share our 2 reports on how #climatechange deepens health inequalities for migrants in Europe how justice should lead adaptation 👇
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the planet heats and floods intensify, who is most at risk? We're taking advantage of #DayOfClimateAction to share our 2 reports on how #climatechange deepens health inequalities for migrants in Europe how justice should lead adaptation 👇
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
🏙️ On #WorldHabitatDay we highlight how #housing inequality shapes #climateustice in EUcities. ‼️ #Migrants + refugees are more likely to live in overcrowded, poorly insulated homes, increasing heat-related health risks and deepening social vulnerability. @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🏙️ On #WorldHabitatDay we highlight how #housing inequality shapes #climateustice in EUcities. ‼️ #Migrants + refugees are more likely to live in overcrowded, poorly insulated homes, increasing heat-related health risks and deepening social vulnerability. @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
📢Hey! We're looking for a field assistant to help us with our #research in #Athens. Find all the info to apply here! 👉 imbrace-erc.org/call-for-fie... #jobs #climatejustice @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📢Hey! We're looking for a field assistant to help us with our #research in #Athens. Find all the info to apply here! 👉 imbrace-erc.org/call-for-fie... #jobs #climatejustice @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
🍇🍽️ Migrant workers feed Europe & keep services running, yet are the most exposed to the #ClimateCrisis, placed in precarity not by origin but by system. An Op-ed in @elpais coauthored by @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🍇🍽️ Migrant workers feed Europe & keep services running, yet are the most exposed to the #ClimateCrisis, placed in precarity not by origin but by system. An Op-ed in @elpais coauthored by @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
“Heatwaves are not just a climate issue, they’re a social justice issue.” @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social on how extreme heat deepens inequalities for migrants in cities and agricultural fields, in @rtvenoticias.rtve.es www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
September 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“Heatwaves are not just a climate issue, they’re a social justice issue.” @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social on how extreme heat deepens inequalities for migrants in cities and agricultural fields, in @rtvenoticias.rtve.es www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
Injustice in Urban Sustainability coauthored by #IMBRACE PI @pkotsila.bsky.social w/ @bcnuej.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social, M. G. Lamarca and F. Sekulova, is 1 of the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List! www.metropolis.org/news/10-book...
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Injustice in Urban Sustainability coauthored by #IMBRACE PI @pkotsila.bsky.social w/ @bcnuej.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social, M. G. Lamarca and F. Sekulova, is 1 of the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List! www.metropolis.org/news/10-book...
🌊 Migrants are often:
🔹Trapped in flood-prone housing.
🔹Left out of disaster alerts due to language barriers.
🔹Disproportionately affected by mental health trauma post-disaster
🔹Trapped in flood-prone housing.
🔹Left out of disaster alerts due to language barriers.
🔹Disproportionately affected by mental health trauma post-disaster
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌊 Migrants are often:
🔹Trapped in flood-prone housing.
🔹Left out of disaster alerts due to language barriers.
🔹Disproportionately affected by mental health trauma post-disaster
🔹Trapped in flood-prone housing.
🔹Left out of disaster alerts due to language barriers.
🔹Disproportionately affected by mental health trauma post-disaster
🔴 In Europe:
🔺61,000+ heat-related deaths occurred in 2022 alone
🔺45.5% of non-EU migrants face poverty—vs. 18.9% of nationals
🔺Migrants are 3x more likely to live in overcrowded, heat-vulnerable housing
🔺Most climate health data is not broken down by race or migration status
🔺61,000+ heat-related deaths occurred in 2022 alone
🔺45.5% of non-EU migrants face poverty—vs. 18.9% of nationals
🔺Migrants are 3x more likely to live in overcrowded, heat-vulnerable housing
🔺Most climate health data is not broken down by race or migration status
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🔴 In Europe:
🔺61,000+ heat-related deaths occurred in 2022 alone
🔺45.5% of non-EU migrants face poverty—vs. 18.9% of nationals
🔺Migrants are 3x more likely to live in overcrowded, heat-vulnerable housing
🔺Most climate health data is not broken down by race or migration status
🔺61,000+ heat-related deaths occurred in 2022 alone
🔺45.5% of non-EU migrants face poverty—vs. 18.9% of nationals
🔺Migrants are 3x more likely to live in overcrowded, heat-vulnerable housing
🔺Most climate health data is not broken down by race or migration status
🌍 Today is EU Day for Victims of the Global Climate Crisis. #Climatejustice means recognizing that racialized migrants often face the highest risks—but remain invisible in data and planning.
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌍 Today is EU Day for Victims of the Global Climate Crisis. #Climatejustice means recognizing that racialized migrants often face the highest risks—but remain invisible in data and planning.
📢Tomorrow!📢
🧭 Ethics in Climate & Health Research 🌍
📅 July 15 💻 Online
Join us for a workshop on the ethical dilemmas of researching with racialized migrant communities in the context of #climatejustice and #health. www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
🧭 Ethics in Climate & Health Research 🌍
📅 July 15 💻 Online
Join us for a workshop on the ethical dilemmas of researching with racialized migrant communities in the context of #climatejustice and #health. www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
July 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📢Tomorrow!📢
🧭 Ethics in Climate & Health Research 🌍
📅 July 15 💻 Online
Join us for a workshop on the ethical dilemmas of researching with racialized migrant communities in the context of #climatejustice and #health. www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
🧭 Ethics in Climate & Health Research 🌍
📅 July 15 💻 Online
Join us for a workshop on the ethical dilemmas of researching with racialized migrant communities in the context of #climatejustice and #health. www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
At IMBRACE, we’re investigating how migration, housing, and urban planning interact to produce climate vulnerability—and how justice-based solutions can emerge from this understanding. #ClimateJustice #Heatwave #MigrantRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Barcelona #IMBRACEproject
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
At IMBRACE, we’re investigating how migration, housing, and urban planning interact to produce climate vulnerability—and how justice-based solutions can emerge from this understanding. #ClimateJustice #Heatwave #MigrantRights #EnvironmentalJustice #Barcelona #IMBRACEproject
There’s a clear connection:
Migration → Poor housing → Greater exposure to extreme heat → Higher health risks and mortality.
Climate impacts are not evenly distributed.
Migration → Poor housing → Greater exposure to extreme heat → Higher health risks and mortality.
Climate impacts are not evenly distributed.
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a clear connection:
Migration → Poor housing → Greater exposure to extreme heat → Higher health risks and mortality.
Climate impacts are not evenly distributed.
Migration → Poor housing → Greater exposure to extreme heat → Higher health risks and mortality.
Climate impacts are not evenly distributed.
Yet across Europe, health data is rarely broken down by race, ethnicity, or migration status. This means the true impact of heat on migrants often stays hidden—out of sight, out of policy.
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yet across Europe, health data is rarely broken down by race, ethnicity, or migration status. This means the true impact of heat on migrants often stays hidden—out of sight, out of policy.
📸 This week’s headlines in Spain:
— Heat-related deaths
— A migrant family living in unsafe conditions in Barcelona
In cities like Barcelona, migrants are more likely to live in substandard housing: overheated spaces, no insulation or ventilation. This isn’t just about climate, it’s about inequality
— Heat-related deaths
— A migrant family living in unsafe conditions in Barcelona
In cities like Barcelona, migrants are more likely to live in substandard housing: overheated spaces, no insulation or ventilation. This isn’t just about climate, it’s about inequality
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📸 This week’s headlines in Spain:
— Heat-related deaths
— A migrant family living in unsafe conditions in Barcelona
In cities like Barcelona, migrants are more likely to live in substandard housing: overheated spaces, no insulation or ventilation. This isn’t just about climate, it’s about inequality
— Heat-related deaths
— A migrant family living in unsafe conditions in Barcelona
In cities like Barcelona, migrants are more likely to live in substandard housing: overheated spaces, no insulation or ventilation. This isn’t just about climate, it’s about inequality
🔥 Europe is facing another deadly #heatwave. But not everyone is equally at risk. Some people are systematically more exposed, more vulnerable—and less visible in the data. A thread 🧵👇
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🔥 Europe is facing another deadly #heatwave. But not everyone is equally at risk. Some people are systematically more exposed, more vulnerable—and less visible in the data. A thread 🧵👇
📸A few snapshots from last week's #IMBRACE Arena, which gathered researchers, activists, journalists and community workers to examine immigrants’ climate health vulnerabilities. See who participated here 👀👇 imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u... #climatejustice @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📸A few snapshots from last week's #IMBRACE Arena, which gathered researchers, activists, journalists and community workers to examine immigrants’ climate health vulnerabilities. See who participated here 👀👇 imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u... #climatejustice @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
📣New article‼️
🧵1/ How can we adapt cities to climate change—equitably? Not just with more trees or cooling centers, but through justice, solidarity & collective care.
Insights from migrant residents in Barcelona’s El Raval 👇 #HeatJustice #ClimateAdaptation #Migration
🧵1/ How can we adapt cities to climate change—equitably? Not just with more trees or cooling centers, but through justice, solidarity & collective care.
Insights from migrant residents in Barcelona’s El Raval 👇 #HeatJustice #ClimateAdaptation #Migration
June 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📣New article‼️
🧵1/ How can we adapt cities to climate change—equitably? Not just with more trees or cooling centers, but through justice, solidarity & collective care.
Insights from migrant residents in Barcelona’s El Raval 👇 #HeatJustice #ClimateAdaptation #Migration
🧵1/ How can we adapt cities to climate change—equitably? Not just with more trees or cooling centers, but through justice, solidarity & collective care.
Insights from migrant residents in Barcelona’s El Raval 👇 #HeatJustice #ClimateAdaptation #Migration
🥗 How a food-sharing initiative in Berlin was made impossible due to existing institutional structures, part of @bcnuej.bsky.social's 10-part series on drivers of urban injustice, told by our lead investigator @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social #urbanjustice
May 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🥗 How a food-sharing initiative in Berlin was made impossible due to existing institutional structures, part of @bcnuej.bsky.social's 10-part series on drivers of urban injustice, told by our lead investigator @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social #urbanjustice
📸 A few photos from our 3-day workshop w/ Nyam Nyam collective developing arts-based research methods like #BodyMaps for #IMBRACE as participatory tools for working w/ marginalized communities. 🔜 A full recap next week! @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📸 A few photos from our 3-day workshop w/ Nyam Nyam collective developing arts-based research methods like #BodyMaps for #IMBRACE as participatory tools for working w/ marginalized communities. 🔜 A full recap next week! @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
🗣️Lead investigator of our #IMBRACE project @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social explains the importance of situated knowledge in developing climate mitigation strategies in cities. From @bcnuej.bsky.social 10-part series on drivers of urban injustice 👉 youtu.be/Bl7nW4ZSXNE
May 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🗣️Lead investigator of our #IMBRACE project @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social explains the importance of situated knowledge in developing climate mitigation strategies in cities. From @bcnuej.bsky.social 10-part series on drivers of urban injustice 👉 youtu.be/Bl7nW4ZSXNE
By working with NyamNyam—creators of "Vivim en un món devorat" and participants in PLANT Akademia—we're weaving research with artistic practice.
#researchbasedart #artbasedresearch
#researchbasedart #artbasedresearch
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
By working with NyamNyam—creators of "Vivim en un món devorat" and participants in PLANT Akademia—we're weaving research with artistic practice.
#researchbasedart #artbasedresearch
#researchbasedart #artbasedresearch
🗺️ Climate Relief Maps
These visual tools map how people experience climate change where they live. They layer health, housing, income, and mobility to reveal systemic vulnerability and intersectional inequalities.
#ReliefMaps #JusticeMapping
These visual tools map how people experience climate change where they live. They layer health, housing, income, and mobility to reveal systemic vulnerability and intersectional inequalities.
#ReliefMaps #JusticeMapping
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🗺️ Climate Relief Maps
These visual tools map how people experience climate change where they live. They layer health, housing, income, and mobility to reveal systemic vulnerability and intersectional inequalities.
#ReliefMaps #JusticeMapping
These visual tools map how people experience climate change where they live. They layer health, housing, income, and mobility to reveal systemic vulnerability and intersectional inequalities.
#ReliefMaps #JusticeMapping
🚶🏽♀️ Walk-alongs
Walking the city with participants opens up stories you can’t find in interviews. This method helps explore how people feel and navigate urban space in the face of heat, flooding, or exclusion.
#WalkAlongMethod #UrbanResearch
Walking the city with participants opens up stories you can’t find in interviews. This method helps explore how people feel and navigate urban space in the face of heat, flooding, or exclusion.
#WalkAlongMethod #UrbanResearch
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚶🏽♀️ Walk-alongs
Walking the city with participants opens up stories you can’t find in interviews. This method helps explore how people feel and navigate urban space in the face of heat, flooding, or exclusion.
#WalkAlongMethod #UrbanResearch
Walking the city with participants opens up stories you can’t find in interviews. This method helps explore how people feel and navigate urban space in the face of heat, flooding, or exclusion.
#WalkAlongMethod #UrbanResearch
🌆✉️ Postcards from the Future
What does a just, climate-resilient city look like? In this method, participants write and draw postcards from their ideal future—helping to imagine urban spaces transformed by hope and care.
What does a just, climate-resilient city look like? In this method, participants write and draw postcards from their ideal future—helping to imagine urban spaces transformed by hope and care.
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🌆✉️ Postcards from the Future
What does a just, climate-resilient city look like? In this method, participants write and draw postcards from their ideal future—helping to imagine urban spaces transformed by hope and care.
What does a just, climate-resilient city look like? In this method, participants write and draw postcards from their ideal future—helping to imagine urban spaces transformed by hope and care.