(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 […]
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(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 […] (AFP) October 23, 2009 – KAMPALA – African leaders recognised climate change as a major cause of human displacement during a two-day summit on the plight of the continent’s refugees which closed Friday in Kampala. Several African nations adopted a document on the rights of the continent’s 17 million internally-displaced persons (IDP), refugees and returnees. […] (AFP) October 18, 2009 – MALE – Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who staged the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting at the weekend, is emerging as the global stuntman in the battle against climate change. Nasheed, 42, dived with his cabinet to the sea bottom Saturday in an effort to press December’s UN summit in Copenhagen […] (Reuters) October 14,2009 – International law is unfit to deal with the millions of people expected to flee their home countries to escape droughts and floods intensified by climate change, a group of lawyers said on Thursday. Under existing laws, host countries must protect and care for cross-border refugees, who are defined as those forced […] (Al Jazeera) October 10, 2009 – In the middle of the world’s largest delta, an island is disappearing. Bhola Island is the “ground zero” of climate change, and home to what have been called the world’s first climate refugees. Bangladesh’s largest island is located where one of the country’s mightiest rivers, the Meghna, meets the […] |
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