by Alex Randall | Oct 30, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
From the executive summary: “This year’s World Disasters Report focuses on forced migration and on the people forcibly displaced by conflict, political upheaval, violence, disasters, climate change and development projects, whose numbers are increasing...
by Alex Randall | Sep 19, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
New research by the UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition reveals the media debate on climate and migration is not yet entrenched. Report contains first ever evidence-based guidance to help organisations accurately communicate the complex relationship between...
by Alex Randall | Jul 13, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
What should the Rio +20 outcomes document have said about migration and displacement linked to climate change? Before the start of the negotiations the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) suggested the...
by Alex Randall | Jul 3, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
The European Science Foundation (ESF) will host the conference Tracing Social Inequalities in Environmentally-Induced Migration. 9-13 December 2012, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF), Bielefeld, Germany. From the conference concept note: The social...
by Alex Randall | Jun 28, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
14 million people were uprooted by natural disasters in 2011. 89% of the displacement took place in Asia according to a new report released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council. From the press release: The Internal...
