by Alex Randall | Oct 7, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
This week many people have been worried that any discussion of displacement and migration might be gone from the Paris climate change talks. Over the past few months a draft agreement has been hammered out in a series of smaller meetings. World leaders will then meet...
by Alex Randall | Sep 23, 2015 | Climate Migration
We were very pleased to be invited to present at the International Organization for Migration’s consultations in Geneva last week. This event was designed to give a voice to civil society organisations working on migration and displacement. We spoke in the session...
by Alex Randall | Sep 9, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Resources, Syria
Watch a video version of this briefing The unfolding refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East has left many people asking whether the situation is related to climate change. Several media reports have drawn connections between climate change and the current...
by Alex Randall | Sep 2, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Moving Stories
Alex Randall (UKCCMC) and François Gemenne (University of Versailles / SciencesPo) have authored a chapter for the new book Crime climatique stop, L’appel de la société civile (Stop climate crime, A call from civil society). In the chapter the authors explore how...
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...
