(IRIN) December 11, 2009 – COPENHAGEN, After months of negotiations, the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen have good news for countries that might see hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people migrating or being displaced by climate change. For the first time the text dealing exclusively with adaptation to climate change – one […]
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I’ve arrived in Copenhagen to check out events involving climate change, human migration and displacement at the UN Climate Change Conference. The energy and expectations are high among the participants from around the world and there are literally hundreds of events happening at the COP15 venue (Bella Center) and around the city. I have compiled […] (Refugees International) December 4, 2009 – Washington, DC – As world leaders gather to negotiate an agreement to address the impact of climate change, Refugees International urged them to make climate displacement a priority. Natural disasters, such as cyclones and droughts, have already forced millions of people from their homes. It is clear that developing […] Approximately 4,500 participants, including delegates from 181 countries met in Barcelona on November 2-6 to take part in the last round of the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks before the upcoming and historic UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) in less than 2 weeks. In front of them was the current revised version of the […] (IRIN) November 24, 2009 – The humanitarian aid community will not only be keeping tabs on the conversations about “who will cut how much [greenhouse gas emissions]” at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), but will also have their antennae tuned to talks on issues already affecting their constituencies. The aim of […] (PreventionWeb) This draft study discusses how climate change is likely to influence population displacement, migration and settlement patterns and examines how this will impact development in five sub-regions of Asia and the Pacific. It argues that if migration due to climate change is managed effectively, humanitarian crises will be minimized, conflicts avoided, and countries can […] |
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