Kayly Ober is a senior program officer for the climate, environment, and conflict program at the United States Institute of Peace, or USIP. In this role, she leads research and analysis on climate change, migration, and displacement, as well as transboundary water and conflict issues. Prior to USIP, she was the senior advocate and program manager of the climate displacement program at Refugees International. She also served as a member of the Task Force on Displacement established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. She has worked on climate change and migration issues for more than 15 years, during which time she has held positions at organizations including the Asian Development Bank, the Overseas Development Institute, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the World Bank, where she authored the flagship report “Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration.”