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Displaying 75 of about 527 resultsThe number of people living in internal displacement around the world reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier.
The unprecedented figure is the result of new waves of violence and protracted conflict in countries ranging from Ethiopia and Afghanistan to Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), acc…
As wildfires worsen and sea levels rise, a small but growing number of Americans are choosing to move to places such as New England or the Appalachian Mountains that are seen as safe havens from climate change. Researchers say this phenomenon will intensify in the coming decades.
At first, the Ashland area of southern Oregon seemed like a great place f…
As gasoline prices skyrocket in the Sunshine State, so does reluctance to obey hurricane evacuation orders, with a survey finding more than 40% of Florida respondents likely to put their pocketbooks ahead of their personal safety.
With average gas prices in Florida hovering around US$4.90 per gallon (C$1.67 per litre), 42% of respondents to a recent p…
Climate disasters such as droughts are like a "silent poison" in India as a rising number of people end up migrating to survive and risk being trafficked, researchers said on Wednesday.
Migration is a coping strategy for many communities in India in the face of economic woes and extreme weather events, yet this leaves hundreds of thousands of people vu…
Climate change-induced extreme weather events put women, children and minorities at risk of modern slavery and human trafficking. The phenomenon is on the rise in India, among other countries, warned the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Anti-Slavery International in a recent report.
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When disasters such as earthquakes happen, governments and humanitarian organisations need to rapidly allocate aid resources to facilitate recovery, minimise the number of people displaced and reduce the long-term effects. This is a complex task that needs be undertaken in a very short space of time, with potentially serious consequences if not done wel…
By Bruce Campbell and Lisa Goddard
New research indicates that the Syrian refugee crisis has roots within climate change. How can we ensure that history does not repeat itself in the coming decades of climate turmoil?
It is widely held that climate change will have negative impacts on agricultural communities. Now, research is supporting the theory th…
By Aamir Saeed
Thatta - Fisherman Muhammad Yusuf's family has been living on the island of Hajamaro, just over three miles off the coast of southern Pakistan, for generations. But the island that was once a happy home has now become a prison.
Sea level rise and frequent cyclones are eroding Yusuf's property. Decreasing fish stocks are threatening his…
Kenyans residing in flood and mudslide prone areas may be relocated to safer grounds during the El Nino rains, reports Capital FM. Speaking after chairing a Cabinet committee on disaster preparedness with representation from the Council of Governors, Deputy President William Ruto said specific counties which are usually worst hit during the rainy season…
Mutare, Zimbabwe - In the eastern highlands of Manicaland province, crudely built wood, mud, and thatch hovels cling perilously to the mountainsides.
The illegal homes, the government says, belong to migrants who have fled drought-prone areas of the province in search of fertile soil and good rains. And they are growing in number every year.
Droughts…
Four months after the devastating April 25 earthquake in Nepal, the delayed return of migrant family members, coupled with low levels of disaster-preparedness, has become a major concern for Nepal`s households with external migrants, reports Zee News.
Sijapati, Research Director at the Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM), noted that th…
By Lucy Earle, Principal Researcher, IIED: Human Settlements research group
Other blogs in this series have examined historical trends in urbanisation and unpacked the local, national and international factors that influence how populations are distributed. As David Satterthwaite notes, investment decisions by national, re…
Iraq faces a complex water crisis that is expected to persist and might have implications at the humanitarian, socioeconomic, security and social levels, including population movements. In July 2019, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in Iraq identified 21,314 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the central and southern governorates…
Displacement due to climate change is increasing worldwide, widening global inequities and disproportionately harming women and girls, a global aid group said in a recent report.
Women bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change. “Prevailing gender inequality often intersects with other forms of vulnerabilities which limit women and girls’ access t…
New Atlanticist by Larry Luxner
Since its emergence barely half a year ago, COVID-19 has infected more than 8.5 million people globally, and has killed at least 452,000. The pandemic---along with climate change---leaves the planet facing "perhaps its worst humanitarian crisis since World War II."
Yet the international community is woefully unprepared…