Join Us Thursday to Discuss Climate Change, Migration and Borders

The UN Climate Change Conference starts next month. What should global leaders make a priority? Join our panel of international experts tomorrow, Thursday, in our discussion thread.

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Border Militarization
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October 5, 2022

In the coming years, there will be more displacement and more people on the move around the globe. Border communities are the first line of response. We already have more border enforcement on planet earth than ever before, and more walls and weapons slated for the future. But is there a different way? What should global leaders and experts make a priority in this crucial meeting next month? What would you like to see on the agenda at November’s UN conference?

We hope that you will join us Thursday, October 6, to ponder these questions. Starting at 10 a.m. Pacific, 11 a.m. Mountain, noon Central, 1 p.m. Eastern (as well as 6 p.m. London, 8 p.m. Somalia and Turkey), I (Todd Miller) will moderate our discussion thread.

We have an amazing slate of international experts who will be joining us from around the world, including Amali Tower, founder and director of Climate Refugees; Nick Buxton of the Transnational Institute; Diana Siller, CEO of the Mexico-based Justicia Ambiental y Derechos Humanos (JADE); Nathan Akehurst, an independent journalist and climate researcher from the United Kingdom; and Juan Jose Hurtado Paz y Paz, director of the Guatemalan indigenous-focused Asociación Pop No’J, whom we interviewed Thursday.

When the discussion launches, participants will receive an email in their inbox from us tomorrow at the appointed time, like our normal posts. If you’re new to discussion threads, it’s a written forum in real time. People can engage with the subject matter, post questions to the experts, and make comments. We know that there is an immense amount of knowledge among our readers, and we want to hear what you think should be done on climate and borders. It promises to be a fascinating and enriching discussion.

As two freelance reporters who are struggling to build this newsletter into a full-fledged, sustainable publication, we are offering these discussion threads as a bonus to paid subscribers only. (You can learn more about our struggle here.) If you enjoy reading The Border Chronicle and listening to our podcast, we hope you’ll sign up today as a paid subscriber. We would love for The Border Chronicle to be our full-time job (instead of having three!). We appreciate your support in making this happen!

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Author
Todd Miller

Todd Miller is Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of The Border Chronicle. He is the author of four books that examine border militarization and its externalization, surveillance technology and industry, climate change, and the search for alternatives. His books include Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders (City Lights, 2021) Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World (Verso, 2019),  Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights, 2017), and Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights, 2014).

Todd’s forthcoming book is a deep examination of water as a border issue in an age of climate-induced heat waves and drought. It will be published by Seven Stories Press in 2027.

Besides The Border Chronicle, articles by Todd have appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Guernica, TomDispatch, and Al Jazeera English, among other places. He has also authored and co-authored reports on border surveillance, the border industrial complex, and climate change for the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute, where he is a fellow.

Todd’s book Storming the Wall received the Izzy Award in 2018 for “path-breaking and in-depth reporting.” He also received first place in “Community immigration reporting” by the Arizona Press Club in 2013. Todd has a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies and Journalism from Prescott College, where he is also an adjunct professor.

In his spare time, Todd likes to travel, read, philosophize, and hang out with his two kids—whether it be going to a dance recital or being a basketball coach.

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