by Alex Randall | Sep 1, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Syria
Several prominent commentators have drawn connections between climate change and the rise of ISIS. US Democrat hopeful Martin O’Malley claimed that climate change has lead to the “extreme poverty that has led now to the rise of ISIL and this extreme violence”. John...
by Alex Randall | Aug 6, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Syria
Are any of the refugees attempting to cross the channel from France to the UK fleeing climate change? The short answer is probably not. But the New Scientist ran an Op Ed arguing that the “chaos” in Calais is “a taste of what a warmer world may bring”. The piece...
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 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...