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 …
Brasilia, Brazil, 27-28 July 2023 – Representatives from the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR – commonly known by its Spanish abbreviation) Member States and Associate States gathered in Brasilia for a regional workshop on disaster displacement. They exchanged perspectives on the main challenges and opportunities to improve their institutional capacity to respond to disaster displacement. South America is highly climate-vulnerable. Due …
