Here are a two links to new publications and an event thanks

to reader submissions.

The World Bank and the Agence Française de Développement, in partnership with the United Nations University EHS and the International Organisation for Migration are putting on the First Workshop on Climate Induced Migration in the Middle East and North Africa. It’s taking place in Marseille, France from June 15-16. The workshop will provide a forum for knowledge sharing of current research on climate induced migration and displacement carried out in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The Refugees Studies Centre at Oxford University released a new report Forced Migration Research and Policy: Overview of current trends and future directions. Section C

of this report covers the issue of environmental forced migration and includes recommendations on ways forward.

Lastly, the World Bank has come out with a new book, Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World. Chapter 4: Climate Change and Migration: Emerging Patterns in the Developing World is worth checking out. The authors stress the politicization of development and relief is a critical need in understanding future challenges in the environmental security nexus.