Climate Adaptation Professional Rachel Jacobson on the American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) and Migration Projects

16 April 2021 – conducted by Earth Refuge Correspondent James Sedlak

In this episode, Rachel Jacobson discusses the American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP)’s role in supporting and connecting climate adaptation professionals to advance innovation in the field, including the issue of climate migration for both migrating- and receiving-communities. She highlights some of ASAP’s ongoing work which includes a Climate Migration and Managed Retreat Group and applied research projects in the Great Lakes (USA) region to create methodologies for projecting human migration that integrate future climate projections and stakeholder perspectives in the region. For more information about ASAP’s projects, including how to become a member, please visit https://adaptationprofessionals.org/.