by Alex Randall | Apr 6, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Sea level rise
Atoll Island States & International Law: Climate Change Displacement & Sovereignty Lilian Yamamoto and Miguel Esteban The future of Atoll islands is not as bright as their white sandy beaches or crystal blue waters suggest, quite the opposite. In fact, recent...
by Alex Randall | Apr 2, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Sea level rise
Cyclone Pam raised the question of population relocation in the Pacific. The idea of people moving within the Pacific is often presented as entirely new. The media present Pacific people as unchanging, having inhabited the same place for milenia. For some people this...
by Alex Randall | Mar 18, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Using data from Google News, we have found that while the total amount of reporting on climate change is decreasing, the proportion of those stories that mention migration is increasing. Read on to find out why. Statistics are a notoriously controversial topic when...
by Alex Randall | Mar 10, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Europe / Med
Several theories link climate change to armed conflict. But how do they stack up against the evidence? There is evidence that climate change can extend or increase existing conflict, however there are several competing theories about exactly how this happens. We put...
by Alex Randall | Mar 3, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Europe / Med, Middle East, Syria
A new academic paper points to a connection between climate change and the conflict in Syria. The research also identifies migrants as a key factor in the violence. We’re anticipating a lot of comment and debate on this over the coming week, so in this piece we...
by Alex Randall | Feb 20, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Our weekly round up of new research on climate change, migration and displacement. ‘Climate Change Migrants’: Impediments to a Protection Framework and the Need to Incorporate Migration into Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Lauren Nishimura “Despite the...
