by Alex Randall | Jun 5, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Resources
MYTH BUSTER: MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE Download Image: A young boy herds cows into a holding pen Aug. 5, 2012, in Daaba, Kenya. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) A number of myths have emerged about how climate change will influence the movement of people. There are...
by Alex Randall | May 21, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
This article by Alex Randall was originally ran in the Guardian on 17th of May. This week the Guardian has been running a major series on “climate refugees” about the village of Newtok in Alaska, which faces an imminent threat to its existence from...
by Alex Randall | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Alex Randall The Philippines battles with high levels of poverty and inequality. The proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades, and poverty reduction has been much slower than in...
by Alex Randall | May 1, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones, Moving Stories
Alex Randall The Philippines battles with high levels of poverty and inequality. The proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades, and poverty reduction has been much slower than in...
by Alex Randall | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Sahel region is highly dependent on agriculture for livelihoods and the wider economy. Agriculture is almost entirely rain fed, dependent upon a 3-4 month rainy season that refills lakes and the rivers which, in turn, irrigate crops. Annual rainfall is highly...
