by Alex Randall | Jul 29, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Alex Randall The Green Party in the UK recently came out in support of more open and humane immigration policy. Their stance aims to challenge the growing anti-migrant policies and rhetoric of the other main political parties. However the Green Party’s new...
by Alex Randall | May 1, 2013 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones, Moving Stories
Alex Randall The Philippines battles with high levels of poverty and inequality. The proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades, and poverty reduction has been much slower than in...
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 | Jul 24, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
The Feinstein International Center has released a new report on climate change and humanitarian crises, concluding that we must move from a mindset where crisis and intervention is seen as exceptional to one where continually managing risk becomes normal and on-going....
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...