Island Nations Frustrated at Climate Talks

(IRIN) October 5, 2009 – Up to half a million people in the Pacific will lose their homes and their countries to rising sea levels because small island nations cannot persuade the rest of the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently, campaigners say. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is calling for a […]

The Climate Change, Environment and Migration Alliance

The Climate Change, Environment and Migration Alliance (CCEMA) was initiated in April 2008 at an expert meeting in Munich, Germany. The CCEMA has just launched their portal website which lists the aims and objectives and also has current news and event listings. According to the website, “The major aim of CCEMA is to mainstream the […]

Video: "Emerging Policy Perspectives on Human Mobility in a Changing Climate"

Here is the recorded webcast from the panel discussion last week entitled “Emerging Policy Perspectives on Human Mobility in a Changing Climate”. It was put on by the UN University Office at the UN New York during Climate Week in NYC. The three objectives of the panel were to increase public awareness about the impact […]

Video: "Climate Change: Migration and Displacement" Focus Session at the 2009 Global Humanitarian Forum

The annual Global Humanitarian Forum is an independent and impartial global platform where different members of the global society collaborate in order to overcome key humanitarian concerns. The 2009 Forum entitled “Human Impact of Climate Change” took place in Geneva this past June and was focused on the human dimensions and impacts of climate change, […]

Live Online Event: "Insure Me: Climate Change, Human Migration and Risk"

(UNU-ONY) – The United Nations University Office in New York is organizing a multi-part panel discussion of policy perspectives on human migration as an effect of climate change and on risk reduction and insurance. The event will consist of two panel discussions. Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m, Eastern time […]

Video: Kenya and the Realities of Rural to Urban Migration

Erratic weather patterns and increasing droughts and floods due to climate change are causing people in rural Kenya to migrate to the urban centre of Nairobi. There is evidence that already crowded slums are being overwhelmed by constant arrivals of people who are seeking a better life due to loss of rural livelihoods in the southeastern […]