Poverty and violence are often cited as the reasons people emigrate from Central America, but factors such as drought, exacerbated by climate change, are driving people to leave too.
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The effects of climate change will disproportionately affect the world's poorest, risking the lives and health of millions of people located mainly in the Global South.
Migration offers a fix for the islands 'drowning' as a consequence of the climate crisis – but are there better alternatives?
In the face of climate change, the poorest are suffering from the excess emissions of CO₂ linked to the lifestyle of the richest. It is time to act, in the name of climate and social justice.
Rising sea levels and tectonic activity have eroded the coastlines of the low-lying Carteret Islands in the South Pacific.
By adapting the charter city model to create a new city on the northern coast, Australia could be the world’s great 21st-century refuge.
Donald Trump portrays migrants as a foreign problem 'dumped' on America's doorstep. That view ignores the global forces that bind nations together, including trade, climate change and colonization.
Sahia and her husband hoped to start a life in Singpur, a village in Bangladesh. But the riverside community found climate change made putting down roots impossible.
The $4 billion that foundations are pledging to spend within five years amounts to less than 1 percent of what businesses and governments spend on global warming every year.
The failure of political systems is the main cause of conflict and displacement but climate change can exacerbate this.
To address environmental degradation, including climate change, it is essential to take into account human rights and migration. Hybrid international law and regional thinking are both essential.
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.
New Zealand's plan to create the world’s first humanitarian visa for climate refugees has to consider ways people from Pacific Island nations actually want to be assisted.
Although climate change threatens the world's small island nations, many can find ways to adapt and preserve their homes and cultures – especially if wealthy countries cut emissions and provide support.
To many people, island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands are synonymous with climate catastrophe. But prophesies of doom aren't all that helpful.
US President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order on “energy independence”. The order rescinds key elements of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Trump’s order lifts requirements…
Areas like the Flinders Ranges have provided refuge for flora and fauna when the climate has changed. But rapid temperature increases and human intervention may stop them doing so again.
In the Pacific region, customary laws could create problems when implementing international law associated with climate change.
Droughts can be a factor in some armed conflicts, but that's nothing new.
In the 1960s, with the phosphate boom over and Nauru's economy in ruins, Australia offered to move the entire nation to Queensland's Curtis Island. But with no sovereignty on offer, the deal collapsed.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Charles Darwin University
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ARC Research Associate, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Global Systems, University of Exeter
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Professor in Organisation & Sustainability, University of Exeter
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
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Lecturer in Political and Cultural Geographies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Deputy Director, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Global Health at BSMS, University of Sussex and Senior Researcher at UNU-EHS, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University
