edToolbar() In addition to my last post, below is a short video by the Environmental Justice Foundation, a UK-based charity calling for international protection for environmental migr ants. As part of their ‘No Place Like Home‘ campaign, EJF talked to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and Premier Tolagi of Niue about how climate change […]
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The Environmental Justice Foundation is a UK-based NGO working internationally to protect the natural environment and human rights. They have just released a report entitled “No Place Like Home: Where Next For Climate Refugees?”. The report details the growing economic and humanitarian costs of climate change attributable for the deaths of over 300,000 people and […] (Cop15.dk) November 5, 2009 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday warned that the problem of environmental refugees from developing countries is increasing the pressure for a climate change agreement at an upcoming conference in Copenhagen. Ban said that the global talks on climate change have also reached a “critical period” in the weeks ahead […] (IRIN) October 29, 2009 – An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change. The Kampala Convention, a ground-breaking treaty adopted by the African Union (AU), promises to protect and assist […] The African Union (AU), which is an intergovernmental organization consisting of 52 African states, held the Special Summit for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa this week. It took place in Kampala, Uganda and concluded yesterday, running from October 19 to October 23. The theme of the summit was “Addressing the […] (Climate-L.org) The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has released a fact sheet on the involvement, challenges and responses that the organization is facing in addressing the impacts of climate change. Currently, UNHCR estimates that the number of refugees worldwide exceeds 15 million, with an additional 26 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled persecution. Climate […] |
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