by Alex Randall | Sep 1, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Syria
Several prominent commentators have drawn connections between climate change and the rise of ISIS. US Democrat hopeful Martin O’Malley claimed that climate change has lead to the “extreme poverty that has led now to the rise of ISIL and this extreme violence”. John...
by Alex Randall | Aug 6, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Syria
Are any of the refugees attempting to cross the channel from France to the UK fleeing climate change? The short answer is probably not. But the New Scientist ran an Op Ed arguing that the “chaos” in Calais is “a taste of what a warmer world may bring”. The piece...
by Alex Randall | Jul 28, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Climate change-related migration and infectious disease Celia McMichael – Virulence, 2015 Climate change is an emerging force affecting human migration. But the impacts on of this kind of migration on human health and infectious disease patterns remains...
by Alex Randall | Jul 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
We took part in a panel discussion looking at the connections between climate change migration and health. This is a video of the entire discussion. Chaired by: Prof. Paul Wilkinson Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, LSHTM Speakers...
by Alex Randall | Jul 22, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
We took part in a panel discussion looking at the connections between climate change migration and health. This is a video of the entire discussion. Chaired by: Prof. Paul Wilkinson Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, LSHTM Speakers...
