Publications: Climate Change and Migration

Thanks to Forced Migration Current Awareness, we’ve learned of a few publications related to climate change and migration. They include: “At the Water’s Edge: Legal Protections and Funding for a New Generation of Climate Change Refugees,” Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, vol. 16, no. 1 (2011) [full-text] Maladapted Migration: What Does It Mean? (Centre for Refugee […]

News: Millions May Soon Be Fleeing the Floodwaters

(Inter Press Service) June 9, 2011 – Mass migration will inevitably be part of human adaptation to climate change, experts agree, since parts of the world will become uninhabitable in the com ing decades. Last year, 38 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters such as the flooding in Pakistan and China. “Human displacement due […]

News: World Needs Refugee Re-think for Climate Victims: U.N.

(Reuters) June 6, 2011 – The world must invent new ways to protect people driven from their homes by climate change without copying safeguards for those uprooted by wars or persecution, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday. “There is a protection gap in the international system that needs to be addressed,” […]

New Podcasts

Again, thanks to Forced Migration Current Awareness, we learned of a series of podcasts that deal with environmentally-induced migration : Stephen Castles Speaks on Climate Refugees (BBC, May 2011) [access] “Environmental Refugee” Not Accurate for Pacific (Radio Australia, May 2011) [access] Tuvaluans Don’t Want to be Called Refugees (Radio Australia, May 2011) [access] Many thanks, […]

Special Issue: Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Context of Social Vulnerability

Thanks to Forced Migration Current Awareness we learned of a special issue of International Migration that focuses on environmentally-induced migration. Contents include the following: A Decision Framework for Environmentally Induced Migration Multidimensional Re-creation of cialis sale Vulnerabilities and Potential for Resilience in International Migration The Thin Line Between Choice and Flight: Environment and Migration in Rural […]

News: Sea-Level Rise Could "Displace Millions" in Vietnam

(IRIN) May 20, 2011 – For centuries, residents around Can Tho, a city of 1.1m people in southern Vietnam, just 0.8m above sea level, have depended on flood cycles to grow crops. However, experts warn there is a possibility that sea levels will rise in the delta region around Can Tho due to climate change, […]