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Paddington: a bear crossing borders
The Paddington Bear stories and film are modern fables about the treatment of refugees. The Paddington film raises important questions about the legal status of people fleeing disasters, and makes a powerful case for the humane treatment of all migrants.
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Six things governments should do about hurricane displacement right now
How should we respond to climate-driven hurricane displacement? What new policies do we need to protect people who are forced to move.
Climate change and migration – forced and voluntary movement
Climate change will create forced and voluntary migration. These are two very different things. Get to grips with why this matters.
Climate-linked migration: law and rights
People who move due to climate change are in a legal limbo. Their rights and legal status are not clear. Find out why. Read and watch next... More videos
Paddington: a bear crossing borders
The Paddington Bear stories and film are modern fables about the treatment of refugees. The Paddington film raises important questions about the legal status of people fleeing disasters, and makes a powerful case for the humane treatment of all migrants.
The Task Force on Displacement: the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place
The Task Force on Displacement: The pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place Dr. Sarah Louise Nash Dr. Sarah Louise Nash is 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellow at Istanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University and Associated Postdoctoral Researcher in the research group...
Forced migration and the climate change negotiations
Phillip Warren The notion that climate change will cause extensive and largely unprecedented human migration likely comes as no surprise to readers of this blog. Rising seas, changing weather patterns, and increasing frequency and intensity of severe weather events...
Video lecture: the crisis in Syria and role of climate change
This talk makes the case that there are powerful connections between climate change and the conflict in Syria. However, the story given by the mainstream media about these connections was not always accurate. This talk unpacks both the media story and the scientific...
Event: Conflict, Climate and Migration in Syria – did the media get it right? 3 October, London
We are delighted to be part of IIED's event Conflict, Climate and Migration in Syria – did the media get it right? Monday 3rd October, 3.30 – 5.15pm, IIED, 80 – 86 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8NH Email to request to attend with your name and organsiation: ...
Climate change and colonial history make a toxic combination
New research linking climate and conflict might actually tell us more about colonialism New research points to a powerful link between climate change and armed conflict. It also finds that countries that are ethnically mixed are more likely to experience this kind of...
Brexit means the green movement could go somewhere nasty on immigration. Here is why it shouldn’t
Alex Randall Alex is coordinator of the Climate and Migration Coalition - a network of refugee and migration rights organisations working together on climate-linked migration. His work focuses on international policy and advocacy on the rights of people who move due...
Syria and climate change: did the media get it right?
In 2015 the media exploded with stories about the link between climate change and the violence in Syria. But did they get it right? This digital report argues that while there are important links between climate change and the Syrian situation, the media has got it...
Research Round Up: EU in need of better migration policies to stop humanitarian disasters
Report: Europe’s Migration Policies in Crisis Al Jazeera Centre for Studies Heinrich Matthee Media attention has lately focused on the migration crisis and boats across the Mediterranean. These migrants are classified as being irregular or illegal migrants who do not...
