by Alex Randall | May 17, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Research and reports IOM’s Dina Ionesco talks about the links between climate change, land degredation and migration. “Dina Ionesco, Policy Officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) explains the links between climate change, land...
by Alex Randall | May 14, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, The Arctic
Ilan Kelman is a sharp and dedicated researcher, his native tongue unmistakeably academic. But behind the carefully constructed sentences lies a character of definite moral motivation. I’d call him an activist but I’m not sure he’d identify with such a subjective...
by Alex Randall | May 2, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones
The UN predicts that by 2050, 70% of us will be living in urban areas. It was about 30% in 1950 and it’s split roughly 50/50 now. This trend means the size of our cities has been growing steadily. Climate change is one of the many factors that will sustain this trend...
by Alex Randall | Apr 27, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration
Reports and research People and Planet: The Royal Society Science Policy Centre report 01a/12 Population Distribution, Migration and Climate Change in Australia: An Exploration by Graeme Hugo for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) The...
by Alex Randall | Apr 20, 2012 | Climate Change, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Sea level rise
Last month, the Telegraph reported that the Kiribati Cabinet was negotiating a land deal with Fiji to begin relocating its population. The majority of atolls and islands that make up the Republic lie just 2m above sea level. A severe and in its immediacy unique...
