[Agence VU] In the last 10 years, farmers like Hatem Ali have had to disassemble and move their tin-and-bamboo houses five times to escape the encroaching waters of the huge Brahmaputra River in Kurigram. This river is swollen out of all proportion by severe monsoon that scientists attribute to global warming and melting ice in […]
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[Al Jazeera] – In Bangladesh, local people are feeling the heat of climate change. Once a 250 square kilometer island, Kutubdia has been reduced to just 37 square kilometers within a century and more than half of the population has been forced to leave. And it is not the only island put at risk by […] In a recent interview with the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Dr. Koko Warner, Head of Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability & Adaptation Section at the UN University (UNU-EHS), explains the term “environmentally induced migrant” and confirms that action is needed to assist people being affected by climate change. canada online pharmacy levitra Dr. Warner […] Climate Change + Migration = Climigration Amidst the ongoing definitional debate over people who are forced to leave their homes due to the creeping effects of climate change, a new term has surfaced in the past few weeks to describe the situation in which this is happening. Robin Bronen, an Alaskan human rights attorney and […] The people of the Carterets Islands, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are beginning a migration that is likely to continue for years to come. They are relocating to Bouganville, a larger island about 50 miles away across the open sea. The rising sea-levels around their island home has made it impossible to remain […] (Vimeo: UN University) – In December 2008, the low-lying Carterets Islands were badly damaged by king tides and violent storm surges. Nicholas Hakata, a local youth leader and community representative, explains that he and his family have been surviving on mainly fish and coconuts, and battling the swamp mosquitoes that have brought malaria. With the […] |
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