by Alex Randall | Jul 15, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Ilan Kelman reflects on the Human Migration and the Environment: Futures, Politics, Invention conference. Ilan is reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, his research is focused on three key areas: peace and conflict, island...
by Alex Randall | Jun 11, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Last week I was on a panel that discussed the relationship between climate change, migration and health. The Royal Collage of Physicians performed a vital task in bringing together experts from these fields to explore the connections. The audience also provided vital...
by Alex Randall | May 29, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Europe / Med
Explaining complex global trends on Twitter is always difficult. Barak Obama proved yesterday that being the president of the US doesn’t make it any easier. He tried to express the complex relationship between climate change, human movement and conflict in a 140...
by Alex Randall | Apr 29, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Europe / Med, Syria
This article was first published in Responding to Climate Change. Why are so many people drowning in the Mediterranean? The short answer is this: we cancelled the search and rescue operation. Worse, we decided to cancel it because we knew it would make the crossing...
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...
