Testimonies and human stories
Understanding the experience of people who move is key to understanding climate-linked migration and what to do about it. A key area of our work is collecting and presenting these testimonies. By doing this we hope to place real experiences at the centre of the debate about climate change and migration.
Testimonies and human stories
Understanding the experience of people who move is key to understanding climate-linked migration and what to do about it. A key area of our work is collecting and presenting these testimonies. By doing this we hope to place real experiences at the centre of the debate about climate change and migration.
Syria, refugees and climate change: resource collection
During 2015 the media started connecting climate change with the conflict in Syria and subsequent refugee movements across Europe. But did they get it right?
Testimonies and human stories
New book: stop climate crimes – the call of civil society. Our chapter explores migration and climate change
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...
What’s wrong with the climate change ‘risk assessment’?
Climate Change A Risk Assessment aims to help governments assess how much effort should be spent reducing emissions, given the risks a hotter planet could create. The report looks at many of the dire risks a hotter planet will face: crop failure, flooding, sea level...
Podcast: when people move. Understanding how climate change creates the movement of people
Over the last two years we have collected testimonies from people who have moved as a result of climate-linked disasters. By exploring these stories we can begin to answer questions about how climate change is creating new patterns of migration and displacement. We...
Migration stories from the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
“We are not educated people, but I can sense something grave is happening around us. I couldn’t believe my eyes – the land that I had tilled for years, that fed me and my family for generations, has vanished. We have lost our livelihood. All our belongings and cattle...
Moving Stories: Latin America.
Alex Randall The Latin American region is one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Many of its countries are located in the hurricane belt; others depend on the thaw of the snow and ice deposits in the Andes to supply water to their urban and agricultural...
Moving Stories report: The voices of people who move in the context of environmental change
The voices of people who move in the context of environmental change Moving Stories: the voices of people who move in the context of environmental change The voices of people who move in the context of environmental change are absent from the debate about how we...
Launch event: Moving Stories. 15th January 2014, 12:00
Moving Stories is a project that collects and presents the testimonies of people who move due to climate-linked disasters. These stories are a powerful and moving exploration of migration and displacement linked to climate change. About the Moving Stories project The...
Moving Stories: Indonesia
"Previously the weather change was manageable. Now the weather in recent years has gotten worse. It has become more difficult to sail the sea, especially for those using rowing boats. The sea is not safe for us anymore." Betsina Petikotik, Lermatang, Fisherman,...
The Philippines: stories of displacement and resilience
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...
Moving stories: the Sahel
The Sahel region is highly dependent on agriculture for livelihoods and the wider economy. Agriculture is almost entirely rain fed, dependent upon a 3-4 month rainy season that refills lakes and the rivers which, in turn, irrigate crops. Annual rainfall is highly...
Moving stories: The Arctic. Migration and displacement linked to climate change
Alex Randall “If we relocate during the summer, we’d need a lot of barges to move everything ...The thought of moving our village is very sad because Shishmaref is the place where I grew up. Shishmaref is a great place to live because everyone knows each other. If we...