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Research Round Up: atolls, international law and resettlement
Atoll Island States & International Law: Climate Change Displacement & Sovereignty Lilian Yamamoto and Miguel Esteban The future of Atoll islands is not as bright as their white sandy beaches...
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Research Round Up: Climate Change Vulnerability in Cities and the...
The Impact of Climate Change, Migration & Cities in South America Elizabeth Warn, Susana B. Adamo Some of the world’s congested cities are situated in South America and many of them are homes to...
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Podcast: when people move. Understanding how climate change creates the...
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...
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Climate change and the tragedy in the Mediterranean – are there connections?
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,...
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Obama’s Tweet on climate change and conflict: is he right?
Explaining complex global trends on Twitter is always difficult. Barak Obama proved yesterday that being the president of the US doesn’t make it any easier. He tried to express the complex relationship...
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Climate, migration and health – connections and challenges
Last week I was on a panel that discussed the relationship between climate change, migration and health. The Royal Collage of Physicians performed a vital task in bringing together experts from these...
View ArticleThe Level: art installation based on migrant and refugee testimonies
Over the past 2 years we have compiled testimonies from people who have moved due to the impacts of climate change. Artists Mazaher and Maya Chowdhry have used these testimonies and other footage to...
View ArticlePodcast: migration and climate change – evidence for policy
In June we chaired a session looking at the connections between climate change and migration – and the policies that can be used to address the connection. This podcast is a recording of the debate in...
View ArticleVideo: climate change, migration and health
We took part in a panel discussion looking at the connections between climate change migration and health. This is a video of the entire discussion. Chaired by: Prof. Paul Wilkinson Public &...
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Climate change and the Calais refugee “crisis”. Is there a climate connection?
Are any of the refugees attempting to cross the channel from France to the UK fleeing climate change? The short answer is probably not. But the New Scientist ran an Op Ed arguing that the “chaos” in...
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Climate change and terrorism: understanding the political narrative
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...
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New book: stop climate crimes – the call of civil society. Our chapter...
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...
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Briefing Q&A: climate change and the refugee crisis
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...
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Migration as adaptation: from coping strategy to policy?
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...
View ArticleVideo / presentation: climate change and the refugee crisis
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...
View ArticleNot the end for displacement in Paris
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...
View ArticlePodcast: The Pacific – migrating to adapt to climate change
People in the Pacific are increasingly using migration as a way of protecting their livelihoods in the face of climate change. At the moment many are using temporary migration to help their communities...
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New book – how organizations deal with climate & migration
We have a chapter in a new book Organizational Perspectives on Environmental Migration. The book is a collection of chapters exploring how organisations have responded to migration and displacement...
View ArticleArtists engaging with climate change and migration: Tracey Zengeni, African...
Earlier this year we were part of an artistic installation exploring migration linked to climate change. While there we interviewed one of the artists – Tracey Zengeni – about her art work. Tracey...
View ArticlePodcast. Expert view: Walter Kälin on the climate negotiations in Paris
We interviewed climate and migration expert Walter Kälin. The key topic of our conversation was how this issue might (or might not) be addressed at the climate change negotiations. Music: Cylinders by...
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