Essay: International law doesn’t protect people fleeing environmental disaster – here’s how it could
Legal scholar MORGIANE NOEL – in an article first published on The Conversation – says the failure of international law to protect climate migrants means the scope of the refugee convention must be widened…
As climate change spurs migration, Biden urged to weigh new protections
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation As US President Joe Biden prepares to tackle the thorny issue of cross-border migration related to climate change, he is set to run headlong into political and legal realities, analysts warned this week. Biden’s national security team has been tasked with reporting back to him on climate-related migration threats by […]
Essay: As more climate migrants cross borders seeking refuge, laws will need to adapt
US-based experts in migration and climate risk, KATHARINE M DONATO, AMANDA CARRICO and JONATHAN M GILLIGAN, look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at how national laws may need to adapt to consider climate refugees…
Migration to flee rising seas could affect 1.3 million Bangladeshis by 2050
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladeshi migrants leaving the coast due to rising sea levels could trigger waves of migration across the country that will affect at least 1.3 million people by 2050, according to a new study. A new mathematical model predicts the country’s southern regions along the Bay of Bengal will be the first […]
Climate change an ‘imminent’ security threat, risk experts say
The Hague, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change threats – from worsening water shortages in Iraq and Pakistan to harsher hurricanes in the Caribbean – are a growing security risk and require concerted action to ensure they don’t spark new violence, security experts warned Tuesday. “Climate change is not about something in the far and […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF ‘CLIMATE REFUGEES’
In an article first published by the World Council of Churches, ANNEGRET KAPP reports on moves to protect ‘climate refugees’…