Event: Seminar on Environmental Migration and Climate Change

If you are located in or near the New York City area, there is a one-day public seminar on Environmentally Induced Migration and Climate Change at the UN Headquarters on April 20th. It is being put on by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) as part of their Migration and Development seminar […]

A Forecast of Push and Pull: Climate Change and Climate Migration

The following post is a summary of the March 1, 2010 event, “The Global Implications of Climate Migration” from the New Security Beat blog, a product of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. It is written by Julien Katchinoff. “As we …talk about the interconnections between climate […]

Translating Environmental Migrants’ Rights from Philosophy to Policy

Last week, New Orleans not only hosted Mardi Gras, but also the 2010 ISA Annual Convention. The International Studies Association (ISA) was founded to promote research and education in international affairs, and its annual convention is usually a who’s who of academics, journalists, and policy makers. This year’s conference, with the theme of “Theory vs. […]

Live Online Event: The Global Implications of Climate Migration

Update March 3: Here is the video in its entirety from the event. Click on the play button to start. The Center for American Progress in Washington, DC is hosting an event entitled “The Global Implications of Climate Migration” on March 1, 2010, 10:00am – 11:30am. Speakers will discuss the intersection of climate change, development, […]

2010 Fifth Annual Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability

(Munich Re Foundation) The Munich Re Foundation and the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU–EHS) announce the fifth annual Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability. The theme of the 2010 Summer Academy is “Protecting environmental migrants: creating new policy and institutional frameworks”. Applications are required to be submitted online at www.ehs.unu.edu not […]

COP15 Roundup from a Climate Change, Migration and Displacement Focus

The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen convened last Friday. Unfortunately, due to lack of free (and working) internet access during my visit, I wasn’t able to update the blog as often as I wanted. However, here is a roundup of the second week migration and displacement events that I attended at COP15 as well […]