by Alex Randall | Aug 5, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
When: Monday 14th October, 2pm Where: Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International, London Format: Round table discussion / workshop Book: By email Millions of people are already using migration as a way of improving their livelihoods. Increasingly people are...
by Alex Randall | Jul 29, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Alex Randall The Green Party in the UK recently came out in support of more open and humane immigration policy. Their stance aims to challenge the growing anti-migrant policies and rhetoric of the other main political parties. However the Green Party’s new...
by Alex Randall | Jun 20, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Alex Randall At a press conference in Germany, Barak Obama spoke about America’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and US and European cooperation on climate change. The speech should be welcomed. Although political rhetoric is often hollow, at least the US...
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 | 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...
