Programs
Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
Carnegie Climate Mobility Network
Over the past three years, the Climate Migration Council emerged as a leading coalition advancing human-centered solutions to climate mobility. Incubated by Emerson Collective, the council grew into a cross-sectoral network of nearly 100 influential leaders, launched widely adopted policy frameworks, and shaped the global discourse on climate displacement.
In November 2025, the Climate Migration Council was transferred to Carnegie, where it has been renamed the Carnegie Climate Mobility Network. This network will build on the council's work and remain a leading source of expertise and thought leadership on climate mobility. A refreshed research and convening agenda will be developed. Carnegie looks forward to engaging with partners and allies in this next chapter, which may include current partners as well as new ones.
The council’s past work will continue to be available here. Carnegie’s climate mobility work, including items related to the Carnegie Climate Mobility Network, will be available on this website.
Our Climate Mobility Team
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Senior Fellow and Director, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Alejandro Martin Rodriguez
Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Otoniel Ramos
Research Assistant, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Climate Mobility Network Members
T. Alexander Aleinikoff
University Professor and Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility; Former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
The New School
Luis Almagro
10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States; Director of the Observatory for Democracy
CASLA Institute
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Professor of Practice; Former President of Costa Rica
Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Jose Andres
Founder of World Central Kitche
World Central Kitchen
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of NRDC
Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Rebecca Bill Chavez
President of Inter-American Dialogue
Inter-American Dialogue
Melissa Blaustein
Vice Mayor of Sausalito (Former Mayor)
City of Sausalito, CA
Carl J. Bon Tempo
Associate Professor
University of Albany, SUNY
John Bridgeland
CEO & Executive Chair, More Perfect; Executive Chair, Office of American Possibilities; Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council
More Perfect
Sharon Burke
President of Ecospherics; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Ecospherics
Maxine A. Burkett
Emerson Collective Professor of Climate, Environment, and Society
Stanford University, Doerr School of Sustainability
Michael Chertoff
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security
The Chertoff Group
Laura Chinchilla
Former President of Costa Rica (2010 - 2014); President of Club de Madrid (Current)
Club de Madrid
Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper
Former Director of National Intelligence
Adjany Costa
Former Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Environment of Angol
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna
CEO of Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps
Sergio Diaz Granados
Executive President of CAF
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
Ivan Duque
Former President of Colombia
Florida International University
Jan Egeland
Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council
Norwegian Refugee Council
Maribel Escobar
Former Mayor of La Palma Chalatenango, El Salvador
John Feeley
Executive Director for Center for Media Integrity of the Americas; Former U.S. Ambassador to Panama
Center for Media Integrity of the Americas
Elizabeth Ferris
Research Professor
ISIM, Georgetown University
Badruun Gardi
Founder of New Nomad Institute
New Nomad Institute
Lori Garver
Former Deputy Administrator of NASA; Founder and CEO, Earthrise Alliance
Earthrise Alliance
Francois Gemenne
Professor, HEC Paris; Director of the Hugo Observatory at Liege University
HEC Paris; Liege University
Todd Gloria
Mayor of San Diego
City of San Diego, CA
Arancha Gonzalez Laya
Dean of PSIA; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain
Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po
Josh Green
Governor of Hawai'i
State of Hawai'i
Michael B. Hancock
Former Mayor of Denver; Managing Partner, HANCOCK Global, LLC
HANCOCK Global
Becca Heller
Co-Founder of IRAP
International Refugee Assistance Project
Mark Hetfield
President and CEO of HIAS
Hebrew Immigrants Aid Society
Timothy J. Greene, Sr.
Makah Tribal Council Chairman
Makah Tribal Council
Roberta Jacobson
Former US Ambassador to Mexico; Founding Partner, Dinámica Americas
Dinámica Americas
Brett Jenks
CEO of Rare
Rare
Cecilia Jimenez-Damary
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced people
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Walter Kaelin
Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement
Platform on Disaster Displacement
Timothy M. Keller
Mayor of Albuquerque
City of Albuquerque, NM
Tim Kelly
Mayor of Chattanooga
City of Chattanooga, TN
Jeremy Konyndyk
President of Refugees International
Refugees International
Fred Krupp
President of the Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Defense Fund
Claudia Lopez Hernandez
Former Mayor of Bogota
Jane McAdam
Professor of Law and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow
University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Robert McLeman
Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University
Anya McMurray
President of Welcome.US
Welcome.US
Nicole Melaku
Executive Director, National Partnership for New Americans
National Partnership for New Americans
David Miliband
President and CEO of the IRC / Former Foreign Secretary UK
International Rescue Committee
Michael Morell
Former Deputy Director of CIA; Managing Director, Aardwolf Global Solutions
Aardwolf Global Solutions
Cecilia Muñoz
Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Senior Advisor, Hyphen Partnerships
Hyphen Partnerships
Dr. Raya Muttarak
Professor, University of Bologna; Director of Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development, Wittgenstein Centre
University of Bologna; Wittgenstein Centre
Janet Napolitano
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security; Member, United States President's Intelligence Advisory Board; Professor of Public Policy & Director of the new Center for Security in Politics, UC Berkley Goldman School
Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkley
Dr. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe
Professor, Population Studies
University of Ghana
Michelle Nunn
President and CEO of CARE USA
CARE USA
Krish O'Mara Vignaraja
President and CEO of Global Refuge
Global Refuge
Leon Panetta
Former US Secretary of Defense; Chairman Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Rachel Peric
Executive Director of Welcoming America
Welcoming America
Colette Pichon Battle
Co-founder of Taproot Earth
Taproot Earth
Dr. Navi Pillay
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Erika Pires Ramos
Co-Founder of RESAMA
RESAMA
Amy Pope
Director General of IOM
International Organization for Migration
Laurene Powell Jobs
Founder and President of Emerson Collective
Emerson Collective
Jaime Pumarejo Heins
Former Mayor of Barranquilla; Director, Portafolio
Portafolio
Marta Lucia Ramirez
Former Vice President of Colombia
Inter-American Dialogue (Member)
Marvin Rees
Former Mayor of Bristol; Labour Life Peer in UK Parliament, House of Lords; Founder, Three and Two LTD
Three and Two Ltd
Dan Restrepo
Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress
Satya Rhodes-Conway
Mayor of Madison
City of Madison, Wisconsin
Fernando Riosmena
Professor of Sociology and Demography, University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Texas, San Antonio
Arturo Rodriguez
United Farm Workers President Emeritus
United Farm Workers
Teresa Romero
President of the United Farm Workers
United Farm WorkersCeleste
Saulo
Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization
World Meteorological Organization
Libby Schaaf
Former Mayor of Oakland; President and CEO, Bay Area Council
Bay Area Council
Br. Michael Schopf, SJ
Jesuit Refugee Service Deputy International Director
Jesuit Refugee Service
Dr. Matthew Scott
Adjunct Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Law
Lund University
Andrew Selee
President of the Migration Policy Institute
Migration Policy Institute
Peggy M. Shepard
Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice
We ACT for Environmental Justice
Erin Sikorsky
Director of the Center for Climate and Security
Center for Climate and Security
Janti Soeripto
President and CEO of Save the Children
Save the Children
ADM Scott H. Swift
USN, Commander, US. Pacific Fleet
The Swift Group LLC
Dr. Adelle Thomas
Senior Director, Climate Adaptation, Environmental Health
Natural Resources Defense Council
Hamdi Ulukaya
Founder and CEO of Chobani
Chobani, LLC.
Gaia Vince
Author and Journalist
The Guardian and BBC Online
Alex Walker-Griffin
Former Mayor of Hercules
City of Hercules, CA
Mark Watts
Executive Director of C40 Cities
C40 Cities
Dr. Michael Werz
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
Sherrie Westin
CEO of Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop
Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.
President of Palau
Palau
Jocelyn Wyatt
CEO of Alight
Alight
Ana Zacapa
Chair of Root Capital
Root Capital
Vittoria Zanuso
Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council
Mayors Migration Council