Realist Reasoning for Climate Migrant Legitimacy

Original article by Kayly Ober In 2006, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao pledged $275 million in loans to Pacific nations – a decision, he said, that was “without any strings attached.” But China’s interest in the region extends to far more than being friendly with other developing countries. China knows that Pacific islands are increasingly important […]

Blog Post: Pacific Islands Grow, Coral Reefs Die

(The Transatlantic Dialogue on Climate Change and Security) June 3, 2010 – Foreign Policy’s Passport blog has a quick post, “Pacific islands are actually growing” linking to a new study from the University of Auckland saying that 80% of Pacific Islands have grown or stayed the same size of the last 60 years.  The article […]

New Publication: Climate Change and Small Island States

Geographers Jon Barnett and John Campbell bring climate change impacts in small island states to the fore with their new aptly-named book Climate Change and Small Island States. Not that island states didn’t already enjoy popular attention, as the book’s description suggests: Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable […]

Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific

(PreventionWeb) This draft study discusses how climate change is likely to influence population displacement, migration and settlement patterns and examines how this will impact development in five sub-regions of Asia and the Pacific. It argues that if migration due to climate change is managed effectively, humanitarian crises will be minimized, conflicts avoided, and countries can […]

Video: EJF Talks to the President of the Maldives and the Premier of Niue

edToolbar() In addition to my last post, below is a short video by the Environmental Justice Foundation, a UK-based charity calling for international protection for environmental migr ants. As part of their ‘No Place Like Home‘ campaign, EJF talked to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and Premier Tolagi of Niue about how climate change […]

Maldives Cabinet Holds Underwater Meeting

(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 […]