(The Ecologist) April 18, 2011 – While scientists and the international community endlessly debate and argue, millions of Bangladeshi citizens have already been displaced by climate change – for them the worst-case ‘nightmare’ climate scenario is already real Climate displacement has arrived without mercy in Bangladesh. In Khulna district alone, some 60,000 Bangladeshi citizens have […]
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(The Ecologist) November 11, 2010 – The causes of climate change are far from their shores, but these tiny Pacific nations face growing social strife and eventual annihilation unless western governments wake up and take responsibility, argue Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis. Tessie Eria Lambourne’s bright smile belies a deeper sense of unease for which […] Sujatha Byravan and Sudhir Chella Rajan of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras wrote a paper on the ethical implications of climate-induced sea-level rise in Ethics and International Affairs this month. As author Sudhit Chella Rajan explains, “one of the main consequences of climate change will be rising seas, which will cause tens to hundreds of […] (ClimateWire) August 23, 2010 – Rising ocean levels brought about by climate change have created a flood of unprecedented legal questions for small island nations and their neighbors. Among them: If a country disappears, is it still a country? Does it keep its seat at the United Nations? Who controls its offshore mineral rights? Its […] A new movie on climate change and migration arrived at the 14th annual DocuWeeks called Sun Come Up. You can watch the film between Friday, July 30 and Thursday, August 5 in New York City. Synopsis: Sun Come Up follows the relocation of some of the world’s first “environmental refugees,” the Carteret Islanders – a community […] (Reuters) July 12, 2010 – Rising seas from global warming, coming after years of coral reef destruction, are forcing thousands of indigenous Panamanians to leave their ancestral homes on low-lying Caribbean islands. Seasonal winds, storms and high tides combine to submerge the tiny islands, crowded with huts of yellow cane and faded palm fronds, leaving […] |
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