by Alex Randall | Sep 19, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
New research by the UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition reveals the media debate on climate and migration is not yet entrenched. Report contains first ever evidence-based guidance to help organisations accurately communicate the complex relationship between...
by Alex Randall | Sep 11, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
A new of series of maps have just been released which help illustrate the complex relationships between climate change, rainfall, livelihoods, water and migration. The maps are part of the Where the Rain Falls project, a collaboration involving CARE International and...
by Alex Randall | Sep 4, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
This new paper in the Journal of Human Security looks critically at the prevailing narrative around climate change and conflict in Bangladesh. The paper questions the assumptions of the common narrative which suggests that climate change will lead to human...
by Alex Randall | Aug 28, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
The UN High Commission for Refugees has released a new report looking at legal protection issues around relocation. The report examines some of the challenges involved in protecting people whose relocation is linked to climate change. From the executive summary:...
by Alex Randall | Aug 24, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
The Policy Innovations blog has a new article on migration in the context of humanitarian disasters. It has some interesting insights on building legal protection for people who are displaced across a border by natural disasters. From the blog post: Humanitarian...
by Alex Randall | Jul 25, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
According to a new paper by Etienne Piguet the idea of migration linked to environmental change has appeared and disappeared several times in the history of migration studies. In this paper Piguet charts the history of the idea’s disapearence and reemergence,...