by Alex Randall | Jan 29, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Every Thursday we’ll post a couple of new pieces of research on climate change, migration and displacement. If you have suggestions for next week, please post them in comments. Climate and Mobility in the West African Sahel: Conceptualising the Local Dimensions...
by Alex Randall | Jan 28, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Climate change will force to UK to commit its armed forces to new overseas conflicts. This is the belief of Navy Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti. The impacts of climate change, he argues, will destabilise already vulnerable areas. Droughts, heat waves and floods will tip...
by Alex Randall | Jan 20, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Flooding
This article was produced as part of our Moving Stories project. “I go to get registered [as an IDP] and they dismiss me. I don’t want to live here. I don’t want my children out on the streets. In my village I have little but I look after my family. They...
by Alex Randall | Jan 14, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Alex Randall Image: “A Cry for Those in Peril on the Sea” (CC BY-NC 2.0) by UNHCR Photo Finding photos to illustrate stories about migration and climate change is difficult. It’s easy to choose images that don’t accurately represent the kind of human...
by Alex Randall | Jan 12, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Resources, Video / audio
In December we worked with IOM and COMPAS to put on the event Climate change and migration: how are they linked? A Podcast of the event is now available online. Dina Ionesco (IOM) and Alex Randall (COIN / UKCCMC) discuss some of the key issues around migration and...
by Alex Randall | Dec 17, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
This blog was first published on the Translocal Resilience blog Should refugee and migration NGOs be involved in responding to climate change? How can these groups be involved in advocacy on the issue? And what (if anything) should be advocated for? These questions do...
