by Alex Randall | Jul 2, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
New research examines the health implications of human movement linked to climate change. The research looks at the possible health impacts of several different kinds of movement: displacement, resettlement schemes and migration as an adaptive response to climate...
by Alex Randall | Jun 29, 2012 | Africa, Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations University for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) launched a report of testimonies last week from refugees in the East and Horn of Africa. The testimonies detail refugee experiences and understanding of the...
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...
by Alex Randall | Jun 19, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Registration is now open for Human Rights, Environmental Change, Migration and Displacement to be held in Vienna on the 20/21 September 2012. Organisers Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna Institute for Sustainable Development and International...
by Alex Randall | Jun 7, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched the first edition of their new quarterly newsletter on environmental migration this week. Keen to position themselves at the centre of the international response, the agency announce several new policy and...
