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Coming soon… What does displacement and migration linked to environmental change look like? Does language matter? Migration as adaptation Disasters and displacement The humanitarian system The...
View ArticleReport summary: Migration and Global Environmental Change
UKCCMC report summaries synthesise key documents on the topic of climate change and migration. They do not intend to provide analysis. For analysis on current issues and policy see the Blog section of...
View ArticleWater stress, food security and migration
The Sahel is currently suffering its third food crisis in a decade. Droughts which once came every ten years now come every two. Today, is International World Water Day. Held annually on the 22nd of...
View ArticleMigration: a vital component of individual and collective strategies to...
Migration is not a priority adaptation concern in most low-income countries according to new analysis from the Migrating Out of Poverty Consortium at Sussex University. The majority of National...
View ArticleIOM launch quarterly on environmental 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...
View ArticlePart of the solution? Rethinking climate change and migration
There are a range of ‘positive’ ways of framing the relationship between climate change and migration. This does not mean dismissing the very real dangers that people in at-risk areas face, but it does...
View ArticleThe 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...
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Event: Migration as climate change adaptation? Monday 14th October
When: Monday 14th October, 2pm Where: Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International, London Format: Round table discussion / workshop Book: By email Millions of people are already using migration...
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Migration as adaptation. New briefing paper.
Should migration be a way of adapting to climate change? As the world warms, our focus moves from how we can reduce emissions, to how we can adapt to life on a warmer planet. Our new briefing paper...
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Research Roundup: climate & migragtion – legal protection and biopolitics
Our weekly round up of new research on climate change, migration and displacement. ‘Climate Change Migrants’: Impediments to a Protection Framework and the Need to Incorporate Migration into 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 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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Why governments will eventually, reluctantly back migration as climate...
Alex Randall Alex is the programme manager at the Climate and Migration Coalition This article was first published in Le Monde Diplomatique Last year 23 million people were forced from their homes by...
View ArticleMigration: a vital component of individual and collective strategies to...
Migration is not a priority adaptation concern in most low-income countries according to new analysis from the Migrating Out of Poverty Consortium at Sussex University. The majority of National...
View ArticleIOM launch quarterly on environmental 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...
View ArticlePart of the solution? Rethinking climate change and migration
There are a range of ‘positive’ ways of framing the relationship between climate change and migration. This does not mean dismissing the very real dangers that people in at-risk areas face, but it does...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Event: Migration as climate change adaptation? Monday 14th October
When: Monday 14th October, 2pm Where: Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International, London Format: Round table discussion / workshop Book: By email Millions of people are already using migration...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Migration as adaptation. New briefing paper.
Migration as climate adaptation Should migration be a way of adapting to climate change? As the world warms, our focus moves from how we can reduce emissions, to how we can adapt to life on a warmer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Research Roundup: climate & migragtion – legal protection and biopolitics
Our weekly round up of new research on climate change, migration and displacement. ‘Climate Change Migrants’: Impediments to a Protection Framework and the Need to Incorporate Migration into Climate...
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