NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America’s bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C. Our work on international peace and security focuses on issues of human mobility in the context of climate change. We work to support equitable and climate-smart mobility action for vulnerable communities and countries, recognizing that the movement of people due to climate impacts presents a range of international peace and security concerns, including national security, resource scarcity and conflict.
Scoville Fellows will work closely with and under the supervision of our Adaptation and Global divisions. Fellows will obtain experience with foreign policy issues and advocacy related to human mobility through engaging in research and analysis in relevant policy and science arenas, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In consultation with NRDC experts, Fellows will select a topic related to international human mobility in the context of climate change for a primary research project. Fellows will produce a detailed report that includes policy recommendations for the U.S or other governments.
Scoville Fellows will participate in and help to organize policy briefings and discussions hosted by NRDC, as well as participate in related discussions and events hosted by other organizations active in the climate mobility space. Fellows will work along with our experts to publish op-eds and articles in their areas of expertise. Fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in other NRDC initiatives and events and have access to NRDCs wide range of expertise and contacts.