Media
Videos
Why Most Cities Can't Handle Flooding -- AJ+
Do I Stay Or Do I Go? -- Foreign Policy Research Institute
Dr. Idowu Ajibade: Panelist at CCUVN's Africa roundtable discussion -- Karachi Urban Lab
The Importance of Communication in Mitigating and Managing Climate-Induced Relocation -- Conduitao
Podcasts and Radio
2023
How back-to-back disasters strain community resources - Yale Climate Connections Podcast, September 12
2022
Towards More Equitable and Climate-Resilient Communities - PDXPLORES Podcast, October 10
What is Climate Change? But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids. Vermont Public Radio. May 20
Do I Stay or Do I Go? Chain Reaction Podcast. Foreign Policy Research Institute, February 15
2021
2021 delivered ‘warning signs of things to come’ for Pacific Northwest summers - OPB News. December 21
Adapting and Overcoming Climate Risks in an Unequal World. Rising with the Tide Podcast. November
Climate Change, Cascading Disasters, and the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave - PDX Monthly, July 2
Adapting and Moving in a Warming World, with Beth Gibbons and Dr. Jola Ajibade - Warm Regards Podcast, February 8
2020
Outside/In: With Climate Change, Where is the Safest Place to Live? - New Hampshire Public Radio, July 31
Think Out Loud for the episode “COVID Impacts on Environment.” OPB.
2019
As Seas Rise And Rivers Flood, Communities Look For A Way Out - Science Friday, October 18
Media Interviews and Appearances
2024
Study: Climate Migration May Leave the Elderly Behind - The Grist, January 12
2022
Technology may prevent the worst climate scenarios, but how do we adapt now? - University of Colorado Global Climate Summit, November 15
Climate Change and the Crisis of Inequality - Architectural Record, June 1
Hope Starts Here: How Portland State Is Organizing For The Next Era Of Climate Action - Portland State Magazine, April 21
2021
Investing in People to Save the Planet - Al Jazeera, December 10
Amazon faces activism, rising tide of ‘environmental justice’ - Role Call, June 10
People migrate when they can no longer meet their basic needs - Kapital newspaper, January 11th
2020
Coastal communities facing climate change need an equitable retreat, geographer says - Canada's National Observer, December 3
Equitable Retreat: The Need for Fairness in Relocating Coastal Communities - Yale Environment 360, November 19
“Being uncertain doesn’t mean that we can’t address the effects of climate change.” The Harvard Gazette, July 6
2019
Negotiating a Just Retreat from Rising Seas - New Internationalist, November 18
Raising Tough Questions about Retreat from Rising Seas - Homeland Security Newswire
New York Times interview by Somini Sengupta. Climate relocation and future cities.
We Need to Talk About a Planned Retreat from Climate Disaster Zones Now - VICE, September 20
Scholars speak on experience of Black Women in Academia - PSU Vanguard, April 15
How a sniper’s bullet shut down a slum champion - Rappler, April 6
2018
New Cities don’t mean new homes. McGill Tribune, October 10.
PSU-led Study highlights climate change risk in Africa with 1.50C global warming. Portland State News.