Climate change is creating unequal burdens between industrialized countries who exploited the world’s resources and are historically responsible for it and less industrialized countries, who are having to manage the brunt of climate change.

Climate change is also aggravating inequalities within countries. Extreme weather events and droughts caused by climate change are already making many parts of the Earth unlivable, pushing people out to cities and more temperate zones. People who are forced to move from their homelands due to climate change are called climate migrants.

Climate migrants often need to find safe housing in far away places and adjust to new surroundings. Architects need to design buildings, structures, and environments that can provide relief for climate migrants who are on the move, and that can support them fully once they are settled in their new places. It is important to remember that a significant percentage (estimated at 1 out of 8) of all refugees and migrants worldwide are children—some travelling alone.

This session will introduce the concept of climate migrants to children, and invite them to design a safe place in which migrant children can play.