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 | Jun 8, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Casenote and Comment: Looking Inward: Domestic policy for climate change refugees in the United States and beyond Carey DeGenaro Climate change is predicted to have adverse impacts especially on Pacific small island states whose inhabitants are currently living with...
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 | May 22, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Climate induced migrants, international law and human rights, an assessment Ali, Abdikarim People displaced by the impacts of climate change are often referred to as ‘climate induced migrants’. Unlike people fleeing war, climate migrants often fall outside...
by Alex Randall | May 6, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Challenging climate change & migration discourse: different understandings of timescale & temporality in the Maldives Alex Arnall, Uma Kothari Particular perspectives have been privileged in the climate change context from elites – climate change professionals...
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...