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Faces of Climate Change: Donna Davis at TEDxFayetteville

1,791 views · Published 26 July 2013 · 17:51 · Indexed 26 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Rising seas are threatening to force millions of people on coastlines and low-lying nations across the globe to permanently migrate. This migration of sea-level rise refugees could have significant impacts on both the refugees and the communities to which they migrate. Using the Marshallese population in Springdale, AR, as an example, this talk by Donna Davis explores the idea of preparing individuals and communities for the slow-onset disaster of sea-level rise so as to alleviate potential social and economic stresses that could result from the permanent loss of homelands and the influx of displaced migrants to new communities.

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