In this episode, we speak with Dr Koko Warner about climate migration, and the work she and her colleagues are doing in the UN Migration Global Data Institute to predict, assess, and plan for this growing challenge.

Timestamps:

00:18 - Welcome to Sustainability Ambassador Podcast

01:15 - Koko Warner Introduction

01:45 - Climate Migration: Scale and Scope

02:15 - Drivers of Climate Migration

04:05 - Work of UN Migration

05:15 - Data For Action & Foresight

06:35 - Gathering & Analyzing Data for Different Uses

08:20 - The Potential of AI & Machine Learning

10:45 - Telling the Story of Data

12:20 - Making a Personal Connection

14:20 - Working with Motivated People/ Teams

14:45 - Remaining Motivated & Navigating the Challenges

15:30 - Advice to Young Professionals

About Koko

Koko Warner is leading IOM’s work to implement the IOM Migration Data Strategy 2020 – 2025 by bringing together IOM’s data expertise on data collection, analysis and sharing; migration data governance; and forecasting, among others. Koko has worked in the United Nations for over 16 years, directing research on climate change and migration, and climate risk management at the United Nations University before joining the secretariat to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to supervise the climate impacts, vulnerabilities and risk policy workstreams in its adaptation division.

Throughout her career with the United Nations, Koko has contributed to understanding, managing, and informing policy about adverse climate impacts. She conducted the first field-based studies of climate change and migration, and of loss and damage that informed the Paris Agreement. Prior to joining the UN system, Koko was a researcher at ETH Zürich at the WSL Federal Institute for snow and avalanche research working on comprehensive risk management in Davos, Switzerland. Koko received her PhD in Economics from the University of Vienna as a Fulbright Fellow, while working at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Follow Koko:

Global Data Institute website: https://gmdac.iom.int/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Koko_Warner

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-koko-warner/

About Collective Responsibility

Based in Shanghai, Collective Responsibility is a strategic advisory firm founded by Richard Brubaker, one of Asia’s most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership.

Founded with the fundamental belief that a sustainable world can only be achieved through awareness of issues, finding tangibility in business cases, and development of cross-sector collaboration, Collective Responsibility acts as a knowledge base, catalyst, and facilitator between stakeholders.

Our mission is to:

– Create a knowledge base and catalyze discussion of issues related to the development of civil society, business sustainability and social development in Asia.

– Develop tangible interests, engagement, and action on issues of sustainability (economic, environmental and societal).

– Develop organizational capacity with the aim to help create stable and profitable enterprises.

Contact Us:

Social@coresponsibility.com

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