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Displaying 120 of about 527 resultsAdapting to a world that is warmer than today is a huge undertaking, even if the most ambitious temperature ceiling is met. Increasing climate risks mean that millions of Africans could be uprooted or trapped where they are due to climate change.
Unfortunately, the world has made little progress on what it takes to adapt safely to life on a warmer plan…
The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt around the globe, in ways often more intense than anticipated just a few years ago. There is growing consensus that the next few years present the last window of opportunity to steer the world in a better and safer direction and to avoid the worst consequences. The scale and ambition of the clima…
Resilience can be interpreted as the comprehensive ability of a system to prepare for, absorb, and recover from external or internal disturbances and shocks. In the context of human mobility, resilience therefore refers to the ability of people's movements within and between cities to cope with and adapt to disruptive events, such as natural disasters.O…
It was getting hotter. Frank May got off his mat and padded over to look out the window. Umber stucco walls and tiles, the colour of the local clay… [he] took a deep breath. It reminded him of the air in a sauna. This, the coolest part of the day. In his entire life he had spent less than five minutes in saunas, he didn’t like the sensation …Here there…
Around the world, climate change, violence and poverty are forcing people from their homes. The UN’s refugee agency estimated that by mid-2022, there were 103 million people displaced from their homes, compared to 90 million at the end of 2021.People who are displaced are increasingly moving to urban areas, but many still end up in long-term informal se…
Moving is never easy — and it’s even harder in the era of global warming. Beyond the usual concerns like jobs, affordability, and proximity to family and friends, people are now considering rising seas, wildfire smoke, and heat waves. According to a recent survey, nearly a third of Americans named climate change as a motivation to move.Some are hea…
The municipal government is set to conduct a disaster drill on March 3 using technology that overlays evacuation routes onto the view from a smartphone camera, based on the user's location.[...]The tsunami evacuation drill, to be conducted around Aeon Mall Iwaki Onahama near the Pacific coast, is said to be the first of its kind in Japan incorporating t…
Big environmental changes mean ever more Australians will confront the tough choice of whether to move home or risk staying put.Communities in the tropical north are losing residents as these regions become hotter and more humid. Repeated floods have communities along the east coast questioning their future. Others face rising bushfire risks that force…
This year, humanity came face to face with an ever-worsening climate crisis, as wildfires, storms and floods caused devastation around the world.Countries must dramatically scale up their efforts to adapt to this new climactic normal, say experts. Developing nations alone need $215 billion to $387 billion to contend with the fallout of climate change, f…
The Kaldor Centre’s newly released Climate Mobility Hub is an interactive portal featuring facts, stories and evidence-based solutions relating to climate mobility. As global leaders convene at COP28 with the aim to catalyse action on climate change, we are seeing more and more headlines about ‘climate refugees’.Indeed, the impacts of climate chang…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Kingdom of Netherlands, and the Government of South Sudan have launched a new project to address climate change concerns in South Sudan’s Jonglei State.
The project, which will last four years, aims to bolster the capacity of the Government of South Sudan to develop warning systems and clima…
As IIED launches new research demonstrating that climate change not only increases vulnerability but is leading to modern slavery, the chief executive of Anti-Slavery International, Jasmine O'Connor, reflects on the evidence so far and what needs to happen now.
Anti-Slavery International’s long history of campaigning to realise freedom from slavery has…
Drawing on recent research, Simon Addison and Sam Barrett explain why disaster displacement risk assessments must integrate better quality data on the specific vulnerabilities of different people to escalating climate risks.
Food distribution to those affected by flooding in Beletweyne, Somalia, leading to the displacement of 17,000 people…
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The government has approved a €30 billion ($34 billion) fund to support those affected by the flood. Authorities have also published updated flood zone maps of the Ahr River Valley, showing where new construction is no longer permitted. Of the thousands of homes that were damaged, l…
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia has been increasing. The delta variant has been identified recently in the country, but officials are still investigating if it is driving the resurgence.
Initially, the government’s response was effective. Containment measures were put in place. These included restrictions on…