Climate change and displacement
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- Climate change and migration
- ( V.O. Kolmannskog / Norwegian Refugee Council , 2008)
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With the certainty of global warming, the term ‘climate refugees’ is gaining popularity in public discourse. The term climate refugees implies a mono-causality that one rarely finds in ...
- Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
- ( M. Couldrey;M. Herson / , 2008)
- In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming ...
- The impact of demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries
- ( R. Black;D. Kniveton;R. Skeldon / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex , 2008)
- This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for internatio...
Is climate change a threat to security in West Africa?: local experts give their views
- ( O. Brown;A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2008)
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Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security. Africa, though the least responsible for greenhous...
Desertification and drought in Africa: an overview
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2008)
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Prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in preparation for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16), this report review...
- Examining the internal migration crisis caused by climate change
- ( Christian Aid , 2007)
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The number of IDPs is expected to rise dramatically in the coming decades. And those already displaced look likely to be joined by at least equal numbers of people forced from their homes because o...
- To what extent does climate change influence migration flows?
- ( D. Kniveton;K. Schmidt-Verkerk;C. Smith / International Organization for Migration , 2008)
- This paper is concerned with the question of trying to further the understanding of how different types of shocks and stresses caused by climate change influence different types of migration. ...
- Assessing the relationships between migration and the environment
- ( International Organization for Migration , 2008)
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Environmental degradation, climate change and migration are not new to the global community. However, managing these phenomena has become both more challenging and more critical to ensuring human s...
How will climate change impact international security and sustainable development?: a conference report
- ( N. Frankcom / Institute for Environmental Security , 2008)
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This paper documents the conference entitled “From Bali to Poznan: New Issues, New Challenges”. Convened by the Institute of Environmental Security on the 18 December 2007 and held at t...
An overview of internal displacement as a result of armed conflict and violence
- ( Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2008)
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In 2007, the estimated number of people internally displaced as a result of armed conflicts and violence
passed the 26 million mark. This annual survey of internal displacement considers spec...
