Faith at the Frontlines of Climate Migration

Join JLI and Christian Aid for a dynamic online symposium exploring how faith actors are responding to the human realities of climate-driven migration, and how we can build partnerships for resilient, community-rooted action.

Climate migration is no longer a distant scenario. Around the world shifting rainfall patterns, flooding, droughts, and heatwaves are forcing people from their homes through slow-onset pressures and sudden, catastrophic events. The human consequences are profound. Climate-induced migration affects livelihoods, people’s health and identity. Current knowledge on this growing crisis largely overlooks faith actors, even though they offer material aid, emotional support, spiritual guidance, and a sense of belonging to people facing displacement. 

The symposium will provide a framing of why and how sacred ties to land and community shape migration decisions. Participants will engage directly with the latest insights from the JLI-Christian Aid Evidence Review on Faith and Climate Migration and three regional Listening Dialogues (a participatory research tool) from South Asia, East Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Participants may choose the session that best fits their interests and background:

A) Early-Warning Collaboration: co-design a one-page protocol that links faith networks with national weather and flood alerts;

B) Micro-Grants for Faith Responders - build an equity-focused rapid-response micro-grant model with clear eligibility and accountability; or

C) Inclusive Adaptation Roundtable - negotiate two policy clauses to include faith actors in adaptation financing and early-warning systems. 

Pick your breakout, come ready to contribute, and help shape practical solutions we can scale!