What we do
Climate change could re-shape patterns of migration and displacement. Many will be forced from their homes by disasters. Others may want to move as a way of adapting unprecedented change. We exist to protect the rights of anyone facing these circumstances. We fight for humane and empowering policies to protect people who move, and for public acceptance and support.
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Video: understanding disasters, displacement and climate
Video: understanding climate, disasters and displacementAlex RandallAlex is the programme manager of the Climate & Migration CoalitionRecent disasters have left many asking questions about the relationship between climate change and disasters such as hurricanes...
Beyond Climate Migration : escaping the confines of a concept
Beyond Climate Migration : escaping the confines of a concept Dr Sarah Louise Nash Sarah is in 2016-17 Mercator IPC fellow at Istanbul Policy Centre. This blog post is based on discussions at the workshop ‘Beyond Climate Migration’ held at Istanbul Policy...
Placing climate change amongst the causes of disasters
Debates about whether climate change has played a role in a particular disaster tend to polarise very quickly. This post is an attempt to place climate change amongst the forces that create displacement and chaos after disasters.
157
Million
Displaced by climate-related disasters in the last 7 years
14.7
Million
Displaced by climate-related disasters last year
Disaster displacement by region
- E. Asia / Pacific 30%
- S. America / Carribean 27%
- S. Asia 21%
- Southern Africa 11%
- N. America 7%
%
Displaced people from the world's poorest countries
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Video: understanding disasters, displacement and climate
Video: understanding climate, disasters and displacementAlex RandallAlex is the programme manager of the Climate & Migration CoalitionRecent disasters have left many asking questions about the relationship between climate change and disasters such as hurricanes...
Beyond Climate Migration : escaping the confines of a concept
Beyond Climate Migration : escaping the confines of a concept Dr Sarah Louise Nash Sarah is in 2016-17 Mercator IPC fellow at Istanbul Policy Centre. This blog post is based on discussions at the workshop ‘Beyond Climate Migration’ held at Istanbul Policy...
Placing climate change amongst the causes of disasters
Debates about whether climate change has played a role in a particular disaster tend to polarise very quickly. This post is an attempt to place climate change amongst the forces that create displacement and chaos after disasters.
Climate change, migration and inequality – the basics
Climate change will not impact all people in the same way. Especially when it comes to displacement. This short video explains why.
Climate change and the conflict in Syria
Climate change and the conflict in Syria More videos and podcasts
Paddington: a bear crossing borders
The Paddington Bear stories and film are modern fables about the treatment of refugees. The Paddington film raises important questions about the legal status of people fleeing disasters, and makes a powerful case for the humane treatment of all migrants.
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Zaatri refugee camp. EC / ECHO / Dina Baslan. From Flickr. (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Kenya, beans. Neil Palmer / CIAT. From Flickr.
Iraqi children look out at the sunset over the Bamarne informal camp for Internally Displaced Persons, in northern Iraq. Andrew McConnell/Panos for DFID. From Flickr. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Island and boat. Global Environment Facility / Pacific-IWRM. From Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
The Ganges Delta. From NASA
Bangladesh. Adnan Islam. From Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Teafuafou island on the approach into Funfauti atoll, Tuvalu. From Flickr. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Families returning to their communities following the flooding in Pakistan.DFID / Russell Watkins. From Flickr. (CC BY 2.0)