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December 3, 2020

Climate change is resulting in profound, immediate and worsening health impacts, over 120 researchers say

Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne; Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, United Nations University; Ilan Kelman, UCL, and Shouro Dasgupta, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

A major new report presents the latest data on the health impacts in a warming world. It found there were 296,000 heat-related deaths in people over 65 years in 2018.

Ali Asair, a young farmer in Somalia, left his family behind and traveled hundreds of kilometres in search of pasture for his animals. Dai Kurokawa/EPA

October 7, 2020

Climate migration: what the research shows is very different from the alarmist headlines

David Durand-Delacre, University of Cambridge; Carol Farbotko, University of the Sunshine Coast; Christiane Fröhlich, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, and Ingrid Boas, Wageningen University

Climate migrants still tend to move to places they know or have connections to through their social networks.

November 28, 2019

Climate refugees: why we can’t yet predict where millions of displaced people will go

Derek Groen, Brunel University London and Diana Suleimenova, Brunel University London

Beware those who say it is a solved problem.

Climate change is expected to increase the severity of natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region, straining Australia’s ability to respond through humanitarian missions and fuelling more climate migration. Vlad Sokhin/UNICEF handout

October 7, 2019

Climate change poses a ‘direct threat’ to Australia’s national security. It must be a political priority

Chris Barrie, Australian National University

A Senate report recommended several measures the government should take to prepare for climate-fuelled migration, natural disasters and conflicts. The response so far has been underwhelming.

Many houses were flattened after Tropical Cyclone Evan, leading to the partial relocation of the Fijian viillage Denimanu. Rowena Harbridge/AusAID

April 30, 2019

Climate change forced these Fijian communities to move – and with 80 more at risk, here’s what they learned

Annah Piggott-McKellar, The University of Queensland; Karen E McNamara, The University of Queensland, and Patrick D. Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast

Relocating communities to safer, less exposed areas can help people manage climate hazards, but it’s not a viable solution for everyone.

Pakistani commuters travel on a flooded street following a heavy rainfall in Karachi, Aug. 31, 2017. AP Photo/Shakil Adil

December 19, 2017

Climate change will displace millions in coming decades. Nations should prepare now to help them

Gulrez Shah Azhar, Pardee RAND Graduate School

By 2050, climate change impacts such as storms and drought could displace up to 300 million people worldwide. Nations should recognize ‘climate migrants’ and make plans for aiding and resettling them.

July 21, 2017

Is Syria really a ‘climate war’? We examined the links between drought, migration and conflict

Lina Eklund, Lund University and Darcy Thompson, Lund University

Too much emphasis on environmental stress overlooks the role of politics and economics.

‘Tropics’ may conjure images of sun-kissed islands, but the expanding tropical zone could bring drought and cyclones further south. Pedro Fernandes/Flickr

June 27, 2017

The world’s tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried

Steve Turton, CQUniversity Australia

The global tropical climate zone is expanding. At the current rate, by 2100 its edge will stretch from Sydney to Perth.

December 17, 2015

‘Climate migration’ proved too political for the Paris agreement – and rightly so

Giovanni Bettini, Lancaster University

Migration is an important issue but not one that can be ‘solved’ through climate policy.

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