by Alex Randall | Mar 31, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
In the run up to the release of the IPCC’s fifth assessment a number of headlines suggested that the report would reveal dire predictions about human displacement and migration. The headlines suggested that millions of people could be on the move. With the...
by Alex Randall | Feb 7, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Migration, frontpage, Report summaries, Resources
Migration as climate adaptation Should migration be a way of adapting to climate change? As the world warms, our focus moves from how we can reduce emissions, to how we can adapt to life on a warmer planet. Quick guide: what is migration as adaptation? Podcast:...
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 | Jan 20, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Moving Stories
Alex Randall The Latin American region is one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Many of its countries are located in the hurricane belt; others depend on the thaw of the snow and ice deposits in the Andes to supply water to their urban and agricultural...
by Alex Randall | Jan 14, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Moving Stories, Resources
Moving stories The voices of people who move in the context of environmental change Download Moving Stories: the voices of people who move in the context of environmental change Download The voices of people who move in the context of environmental change are absent...
by Alex Randall | Jan 8, 2014 | Briefings / Reports, Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Resources
What is the legal status of people who move as a result of climate change impacts? What rights should such people have? And who is responsible for their welfare? These are all questions that are not fully answered by existing laws and policies. A “protection...
