We are born on this boat [and] we live on the boat. This is our home … without our boat we would have no means to eat. If we did not have our boats, we would just die.[i] – Member of the Manta Community The impacts of climate change have internally displaced more than 30 million people worldwide in 2022 …
This article looks at the economic and non-economic ‘‘loss and damage’ (L&D) of communities in Bangladesh experiencing climate induced displacement. Highlighting the potential of the innovative Climate Resilient Migrant Friendly Towns project, developed by ICCCAD, to provide durable solutions to climate IDPs, the authors make the case that L&D funding should prioritize people displaced by climate and the host communities …
The recent creation of a loss and damage fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was heralded as a major breakthrough for Global South negotiators. As details of the fund are currently being negotiated, some analysts are calling for ‘objective’ means through which funding would be allocated to ‘particularly vulnerable’ developing countries. On the basis of a …
Globally, people are disproportionally affected by climate change consistently and are enforced to adapt, with or without external assistance. Nonetheless, the current mitigation and adaptation efforts have been deemed insufficient to resist losses and damages (L&D), particularly in vulnerable countries from the Global South. Amongst this countries, mainly women, people with disability, and other marginalized communities with less adaptive capacity, …
“Local communities say, climate change is creating ‘cascading effects of climate change from which we cannot recover’” At Climate Refugees we believe frontline communities should be at the center of informing decision-making processes. Extreme weather and climate change-related events are disproportionately impacting the world’s poorest and marginalized people. We are not alone in our beliefs, with just about every policy …
Global human mobility in the context of climate change and associated environmental degradation and disasters has become a subject of high-level political interest. There is strong demand for evidence-based quantitative understanding of how climate has affected mobility thus far and how it may do so in future. This report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Global Data Institute explores …
IMAGE: Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family’s home in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) The devastation in Maui as a result of the deadliest wildfire there in a century prompts the inevitable question: what next for the …
Santiago de Chile, Chile, 10-11 August 2023 – Representatives of the South American Conference on Migration (SACM, CSM for its acronym in Spanish) Member States gathered in Chile for a two-day thematic workshop of its Network on “Migration, Environment, Disasters, and Climate Change”. From drought to flooding by way of sea level rise the adverse effect of climate change are …
In Manzanillo, Costa Rica, we meet Ana Cecilia Solís Ugalde, a community leader who created a mangrove nursery to build climate resilience in her community. This is the sixth of the “Voices from the Frontline (Phase III)” stories by GRP and ICCCAD supported by Irish Aid. Costa Rica stands out for its beautiful landscapes, majestic beaches, and friendly people. It …
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change “Addressing the human rights implications of climate change displacement including legal protection of people displaced across international borders” This submission is based on Climate Refugees’ October 2022 in-country research in Kenya and Somalia on climate-induced displacement, migration and human rights …
