by Alex Randall | Apr 29, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Europe / Med, Syria
This article was first published in Responding to Climate Change. Why are so many people drowning in the Mediterranean? The short answer is this: we cancelled the search and rescue operation. Worse, we decided to cancel it because we knew it would make the crossing...
by Alex Randall | Mar 3, 2015 | Climate Change, Climate Conflict, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Europe / Med, Middle East, Syria
A new academic paper points to a connection between climate change and the conflict in Syria. The research also identifies migrants as a key factor in the violence. We’re anticipating a lot of comment and debate on this over the coming week, so in this piece we...
