Climate, migration and sea level rise: resources
Climate, migration and sea level rise: resources
Initial reaction to New Zealand’s “climate refugee” visa proposal
New Zealand has announced proposals for a new visa for people displaced by climate change. What does it mean? And will it work?
Climate, migration and sea level rise: resources
Initial reaction to New Zealand’s “climate refugee” visa proposal
New Zealand has announced proposals for a new visa for people displaced by climate change. What does it mean? And will it work?
Mobile network data provide new insights on climate change and migration
Using mobile network data to understand climate change and migration David Wrathall & Xin Lu David Wrathall investigates climate extremes and human migration with Flowminder and United Nations University. Xin Lu is co-founder and chief analyst at Flowminder. His...
Podcast: The Pacific – migrating to adapt to climate change
Credits: Music: Chris Zabriskie, Creative Commons. Image: Luigi Guarino, Creative Commons Alex Randall is the project manager of the Climate Change and Migration Coalition.Read and watch next...More videos
Research Round Up: atolls, international law and resettlement
Atoll Island States & International Law: Climate Change Displacement & Sovereignty Lilian Yamamoto and Miguel Esteban The future of Atoll islands is not as bright as their white sandy beaches or crystal blue waters suggest, quite the opposite. In fact, recent...
Interactive Google Map – Historical migration and displacement in the Pacific
Cyclone Pam raised the question of population relocation in the Pacific. The idea of people moving within the Pacific is often presented as entirely new. The media present Pacific people as unchanging, having inhabited the same place for milenia. For some people this...
What just happened in New Zealand? Did they really just create the first “climate change refugees”?
Alex Randall Alex is programme manager at the Climate and Migration Coalition Q an A on Zew Zealand's Climate Refugee court case. New Zealand did not just grant asylum to the first “climate refugees”. The family were granted residence in New Zealand on humanitarian...
Migration stories from the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
“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...
A look at speculation over Kiribati’s negotiations with Fiji
Last month, the Telegraph reported that the Kiribati Cabinet was negotiating a land deal with Fiji to begin relocating its population. The majority of atolls and islands that make up the Republic lie just 2m above sea level. A severe and in its immediacy unique...
Analysis: Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank's report Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific sets out change the focus of the debate. Historically, analysis has focused on the humanitarian and protection concerns of displacement linked to climate change. The...
