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Displaying 105 of about 590 resultsThis rapid evidence assessment (REA) synthesises findings from 273 quantitative and qualitative studies published between 2005 and 2021 on the relationship between climate change and migration, with particular attention to small island states, the Bay of Bengal, East Africa, and the Sahel. The overarching question guiding this analysis is: What are the…
This report discusses how climate change and climate-induced migration heightens existing vulnerabilities of slavery. Drivers of vulnerability to modern slavery are complex and impacted by many layers of risk. While several socio-economic, political, cultural and institutional risks shape
vulnerability, they are increasingly considered to be made worse…
Kampala - The ice caps on the Rwenzori Mountains along Uganda’s western border have receded significantly in the past century and could disappear completely in the next few years, experts said.
"The results of recent mapping are alarming," Philip Gwage, assistant commissioner in charge of meteorology in the ministry of water and environment, said. "Ove…
Improving resilience to climate change in South Sudan
This paper is a synthesis of the key findings from research undertaken with the BRACED portfolio. The paper makes a number of recommendations for future work and research. The aim of all of the research undertaken was to influence and strengthen the delivery of BRACED programming in South Sudan and…
Dhaka – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), and the German Red Cross (GRC) today announced a new pilot project that will help Bangladesh take urgent measures to better prepare for the impacts of climate change.
The project, entitled Forecast Based Preparedness, is funded by the Federal Foreign Off…
By Philippa Garson
New York - Scientists may not see Mad Max-style “water wars” ahead, but they nevertheless see strong relationships between conflict and climate change.
Whether dramatic changes in weather patterns drive conflict has long been the subject of great debate. Did a series of droughts precipitate the collapse of the Khmer Empire in the ea…
NEW YORK, 20 September 2016 – Governments at the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants have adopted a landmark declaration that underlines the role of environmental degradation, climate change and disasters alongside conflict as drivers of the ongoing crisis.
The “New York Declaration” contains ambitious commitments to find durable solutions and coordinat…
By Laurie Goering
"Whether you like it or not, it is a matter of when, not if, your country and your people will have to deal with the security impacts of climate change" says Boris Johnson
LONDON - After powerful Hurricane Irma destroyed 90% of homes on the Caribbean island of Barbuda in 2017, the government - faced with a second storm bearing down -…
By Laura E. R. Peters
Is the world doomed to be ever-more tumultuous? For years, headlines have suggested that climate change causes or acts as a threat multiplier for violent conflicts. For example, climate change-influenced drought has been labeled a cause of the Syrian conflict and the war in Darfur. Natural h…
By Christine Chumbler
“Climate change does not drive conflict in a vacuum but contributes to conflict in already fragile contexts and in combination with a number of other critical factors.” This is one of five themes to emerge from a literature review as reported in a new study, which critically assesses how peacebuilding programming can also produce…
This report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger. It summarizes knowledge from global studies completed and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge.
Its authors assert that in the context of climate change and the risk of hunger, food access and food production are the most important ar…
New horizons in environmental economics series:
This book addresses the differential vulnerability of people and places, introducing concepts and methods for analysis and illustrating the impact on local, regional, national, and global scales.
The chapters in the first section set the stage by focusing on the relationship between climate change and d…
New horizons in environmental economics series:
This book uses the Ricardian method to examine the impact of climate change on agriculture. The book also quantifies how farmers adapt to climate. The findings suggest that agriculture in developing countries is more sensitive to climate than agriculture in developed countries.
The book examines 22 coun…
This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local lev…
By Jake Lucas
London - Changing weather patterns as a result of climate change are making life much harder for farmers in war-ravaged Sierra Leone, a country already battling with poverty, a recent study says.
With 70 percent of people depending on farming for a living, erratic rainfall leading to decreasing yields is forcing many to find other ways o…