14 December 2015

Thematic Focus: Climate Change/Disasters & Displacement

Are You a Refugee if Climate Change Forces You to Migrate? COP21 and "Climate Displaced Persons" (Ethics Centre Blog, Dec. 2015) [text]

Assessing the Evidence: Migration, Environment and Climate Change in Haiti (IOM, 2015) [text]
- Note: This and the report below are the first two national assessments published under the MECLEP project. Still to come are reports on the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Mauritius and Viet Nam.

Assessing the Evidence: Migration, Environment and Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (IOM, 2015) [text]

Bringing Climate Displacement to the Fore (RI Blog, Nov. 2015) [text]

Climate Change and Migration: Expanding the Debate on a Multidimensional Relation (COST, Dec. 2015) [text]

Climate Change, Disasters and Refugees: Talking Points (Univ. of London, Oct. 2015) [access]
- Follow link for video.

Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration: Policy Gaps and Policy Alternative - A Likely Legal Instrument for a Rights-Based Political Solution (Center for Participatory Research and Development, Nov. 2015) [text]

COP21: Paris Climate Summit: Is Migration the Elephant in the Room? (IRIN, Nov. 2015) [text]

Expert View: Walter Kälin on the Climate Negotiations in Paris (UKCCMC, Dec. 2015) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.  See also related blog post.

Food, Migration and Climate Change: The Untold Story (IFAD, Dec. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Global Issues Don’t Live in Separate Boxes. Why No Mention in Paris of Refugees?," The Guardian, 12 Dec. 2015 [text]

How Climate Change Impacts Human Displacement (UNHCR, Nov. 2015) [access]
- Follow link for video.

Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility, Nov. 2015) [text]

The Importance of Social Science Research for Understanding Climate Change Induced Migration, Side event at COP21, Paris, 1 Dec. 2015 [text]

Migration as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (IOM Blog, Nov. 2015) [text]

Primary Documents: Full Text of Paris Climate Change Agreement (COP21) and Additional Documents (Infodocket, Dec. 2015) [access]

Refugees: Displaced from the Paris Climate Change Agreement? (Future Development Blog, Dec. 2015) [text]

Relocation as an Adaptation Strategy to Environmental Stress: Lessons from the Mekong River Delta in Viet Nam, Migration, Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief Series, vol. 1, no. 6 (Nov. 2015) [text]
- Note: Other publications in this series are available here.

*Top 10 of 2015 – Issue #7: Climate Change and Natural Disasters Displace Millions, Affect Migration Flows (Migration Information Source, Dec. 2015) [text]

UNHCR, Displacement and Disaster Risk Reduction (UNHCR, Dec. 2015) [text]

Why COP21 Won't Solve the 'Climate Refugee' Problem (CityLab, Dec. 2015) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Displacement (13 Nov. 2015)


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