by Alex Randall | Jun 6, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
This article was originally published on Responding to Climate Change New Zealand just refused asylum to Ioana Teitiota. He claimed that climate change had made returning to Kiribati impossible. Globally, disasters have affected millions of people. Many will want to...
by Alex Randall | Apr 28, 2014 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Imagine the scenario: A natural disaster strikes and displaces thousands of people. Most flee immediately and move a short distance to the nearest safe place. Some people need to, or can, flee the disaster by crossing an international border. Some people may be near...
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...
