New York Sea Grant is part of two multi-Sea Grant projects — one in the Mid-Atlantic and another in the Great Lakes region — that provide a science-based infrastructure for studying climate-driven population shifts. Credit: Rebecca Grella

Contact:

Kathy Bunting-Howarth, NYSG's Associate Director, E: keb264@cornell.edu, P: 607-255-2832

PEople on the MOve in a Changing Climate (PEMOCC) was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to highlight the current state of knowledge on climate-induced human migration, provide the scientific infrastructure that is required to conduct place-based research, and develop context-specific strategies and solutions in collaboration with coastal stakeholders. 

In order to facilitate transdisciplinary collaborations among researchers, practitioners, resource managers, and coastal stakeholders, PEMOCC is establishing a Research Coordination Network (RCN) by leveraging Sea Grant’s trusted and long-standing relationships with coastal communities. 

New York Sea Grant's involvement in PEMOCC efforts spans several regions in the U.S., including the Great Lakes and the Mid-Atlantic.

A report for PEMOCC Great Lakes (pdf) chronicles the workshop held for the Great Lakes Basin, a region that researchers are identifying as a potential haven for those moving from area that are experiencing or will likely be facing coastal flooding exacerbated by sea level rise. The workshop highlighted the current state of knowledge on climate-induced human mobility, provided local and regional case studies, and addressed the unique impacts on and needs of the underserved and underrepresented coastal communities.

Also see the fact sheet "Assessing Climate-Driven Migration in the Great Lakes".

In the Mid-Atlantic, while a report is still being prepared you can get an introduction to PEMOCC work in this region via the 2022 impact statement "Assessing Climate-Driven Migration in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S."

For more on PEMOCC, visit www.pemocc.org


Village of Sodus Point, Wayne County, NY. Credit: Coastal Flooding Survey Project, Cornell University and New York Sea Grant


More Info: New York Sea Grant

New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York (SUNY), is one of 34 university-based programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.

Since 1971, NYSG has represented a statewide network of integrated research, education and extension services promoting coastal community economic vitality, environmental sustainability and citizen awareness and understanding about the State’s marine and Great Lakes resources.

Through NYSG’s efforts, the combined talents of university scientists and extension specialists help develop and transfer science-based information to many coastal user groups—businesses and industries, federal, state and local government decision-makers and agency managers, educators, the media and the interested public.

The program maintains Great Lakes offices at Cornell University, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Oswego and the Wayne County Cooperative Extension office in Newark. In the State's marine waters, NYSG has offices at Stony Brook University in Long Island, Brooklyn College and Cornell Cooperative Extension in NYC and Kingston in the Hudson Valley.

For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube links. NYSG offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/nycoastlines for its flagship publication, NY Coastlines/Currents, which is published quarterly.