Recent Writing


Leading in displacement: refugees at the forefront of climate action With Ayoo Irene Hellen and Qiyamud Din Ikram. Forced Migration Review: Climate change: Choices for displaced people. November 2025. [Peer Reviewed]

“The Impacts of USAID Cuts: Less Climate Resilience, More Forced Displacement” Refugees International Issue Brief. April 29, 2025.

“Why Aren’t Refugees at the Negotiating Table?” With Ayoo Irene Hellen and Qiyamud Din Ikram. Refugees International Commentary. November 22, 2024.

“Localizing Climate Adaptation Planning in Kenya’s Refugee-Hosting Counties” Refugees International Report. November 1, 2024.

“The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage Must Listen to Affected Communities” Refugees International Commentary. July 9, 2024.

Climate change talks can’t keep ignoring refugees. What to do before COP29. With Sharmarke Dubow. USA Today. December 29, 2023.

“In Global Climate Talks, Let Afghanistan In” With Qiyamud Din Ikram. Refugees International Commentary. November 30, 2023.

“A New Bill Could Help the U.S. Lead on Climate Change and Displacement” With Yael Schacher. Just Security. November 17, 2023.

“It’s Not Too Late to Galvanize Action on Climate-Affected Mobility” Just Security. October 19, 2023.

“Community-based participatory climate action” With Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Jonah Garnick, and Michael Weisberg. Global Sustainability. August 11, 2023. [Peer Reviewed]

“Loss and Damage at COP27: What’s Been Lost, What Can We Salvage From the Damage?” Just Security. November 11, 2022.

Good COP, Bad COP: After the Mixed Results of COP26, What’s Next? With Ben Abraham. Just Security. November 24, 2021.

Locked Down: Global Mobility and COVID-19 With Jonah Garnick. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. March 26, 2021.

Perry World House Global Shifts Colloquium 2020 Zoom windows featuring Jocelyn Perry, Koko Warner, Meg Guliford, Russell Miles, Bayes Ahmed, Mimi Sheller, Shae Frydenlund, and Elizabeth Ferris.

Seeking Refuge in the Climate Emergency With Christine Carpenter and Ada Rustow. Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania. September 23, 2020.

How to Build Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure…and How to Pay for ItPerry World House, University of Pennsylvania. December 17, 2019.

Jocelyn Perry, Koko Warner, and Michael Weisberg standing at the events stage at COP25 in Madrid, December 2019
Jocelyn Perry, Koko Warner, and Michael Weisberg in Madrid, Spain, at COP25.

The Global Compact on Refugees Misses the Mark on Refugee ReturnWith Stephanie Schwartz. Refugee Law Initiative Blog. February 21, 2019.

Cities’ Role in Climate Governance and Global Policy: A Dispatch from the Urban20 With William Burke-White. Penn Institute for Urban Research. February 19, 2019.

White sign saying #Urban20 with cutout map of world on concrete wall with flags in background on upper level in light-filled convention center in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The inaugural Urban20 convening in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Africa and the Global Compact on Refugees: Inclusive Policy Responses to Forced Displacement With Amanda Coffie, Richard Alemdjrodo, and Patience Adzande. African Peacebuilding Network Policy Briefing Note Series, Social Science Research Council. July 2018.

Insecurity, Conflict, and Militancy in the Maghreb and Sahel Regions Kujenga Amani. Social Science Research Council. April 21, 2017.