by Alex Randall | Aug 20, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Flooding
Get our round up in your inbox. Sign up on the front page. Expert opinions of the New Zealand “climate refugee” court case We asked a group of legal and policy expert for their view on the recent court case that grabbed media headlines. “The case is far more...
by Alex Randall | Aug 8, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Sea level rise
Alex Randall Alex is programme manager at the Climate and Migration Coalition Q an A on Zew Zealand’s Climate Refugee court case. New Zealand did not just grant asylum to the first “climate refugees”. The family were granted residence in New Zealand on...
by Alex Randall | Feb 5, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Moving Stories, Resources, Sea level rise
“We are not educated people, but I can sense something grave is happening around us. I couldn’t believe my eyes – the land that I had tilled for years, that fed me and my family for generations, has vanished. We have lost our livelihood. All our belongings and cattle...
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 | May 2, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones
The UN predicts that by 2050, 70% of us will be living in urban areas. It was about 30% in 1950 and it’s split roughly 50/50 now. This trend means the size of our cities has been growing steadily. Climate change is one of the many factors that will sustain this trend...
by Hannah | Apr 20, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Sea level rise
Last month, the Telegraph reported that the Kiribati Cabinet was negotiating a land deal with Fiji to begin relocating its population. The majority of atolls and islands that make up the Republic lie just 2m above sea level. A severe and in its immediacy unique...
