Discussion of Climate Change and Forced Migration at the Bonn Climate Change Talks

The United Nations Bonn Climate Change Talks continue this week in Germany. According to the Climate Change Talks website, “Delegates from 182 countries meeting in Bonn are to discuss, for the first time, key negotiating texts which can serve as the basis for an ambitious and effective international climate change deal, to be clinched in […]

Carteret Islanders Begin Relocation Program

(Vimeo: UN University) – In December 2008, the low-lying Carterets Islands were badly damaged by king tides and violent storm surges. Nicholas Hakata, a local youth leader and community representative, explains that he and his family have been surviving on mainly fish and coconuts, and battling the swamp mosquitoes that have brought malaria. With the […]

Two Milestones in the Push for Recognition

At the end of last year, the two-year long Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenarios research project (EACH-FOR) reached its destination, concluding its 22 case studies in various countries around the world. Funded primarily by the European Commission, the EACH-FOR project aimed to investigate and measure the causes of forced migration in relation to environmental […]