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Displaying 45 of about 77 resultsThis technical paper presents the initial results of our efforts to assess the risk of displacement associated with disasters and climate change in Vanuatu. It also recognises that relocation is an appropriate long-term adaptation strategy. Disaster displacement is one of the world’s biggest humanitarian and sustainable development challenges, and…
This policy brief seeks to better understand the nexus between COVID-19, climate change/hurricane season and human mobility in the OECS region. The Eastern Caribbean region is currently faced with a dilemma: On the one hand, the region is struggling with the management of the COVID-19 pandemic which has necessitated extended State of Emergency peri…
Disaster displacement and environmental migration are among the most serious humanitarian challenges facing the Caribbean. As a subregion of small island developing States (SIDS) which are vulnerable and prone to extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change, the Caribbean is constantly faced with population displacement resulting from these…
The Pacific Small Island Developing States are often considered on the frontline of climate change due to high levels of exposure to climate-related hazards and limited adaptive capacity to respond. In this context, Pacific Islanders may be displaced, or choose to migrate to escape risk and find more secure livelihoods. On the other hand, Pacific politi…
This report reflects what is currently known about the impacts of climate change on people living in island nations and highlights the necessity to develop policies that address human mobility dynamics resulting from adaptation to these changes.
By looking at island and archipelagic states as diverse as Kiribati, Saint Lucia and the Philippines, the va…
Hurricane Ike, the most destructive hurricane in Cuban history, hit the island in September 2008. Ike is estimated to be the costliest storm in Cuba, with material damages alone believed to have cost about $7.3 billion, the equivalent of 12 per cent of the country’ GDP.
This paper assesses further repercussions on the economy, linked to the inabil…
In many low-income countries, migrant remittances are essential in sustaining people’s livelihoods and become even more important during and after disasters. Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners increasingly emphasize the need to better support this people-based mechanism, so disaster risk can be reduced. This suggests the importance of understa…
By Robert Huish, Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University; and Sharon McLennan, Lecturer in International Development, Massey University
Kiribati.
You may not know where it is.
Pronouncing it is tricky (Ker-a-bas). It’s a small republic of 114,000 people spread out over 32 atolls in the middle of the Pacific…
By Liam Moore
Studies and predictions of how flows of migration and displacement are influenced by climate change are gaining salience in popular discourse. However, while increased attention on this important topic is welcome, the perspectives and narratives popularised about climate-related (im)mobility are often unhelpful and misguided. Wh…
By Thin Lei Win
Bali, Indonesia - Ursula Rakova was born in a tropical paradise.
The tiny, low-lying islet of Han is part of the Carteret Atoll in the southwest Pacific, with clear blue waters lapping at its palm-fringed shores. Fish was plentiful and so was taro, the staple food.
The atoll community is matrilineal, and Rakova’s mother passed ownersh…
By Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography, and Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs
Antarctica is further from civilisation than any other place on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet is closer to home but around one tenth the size of its southern sibling. Together, these two ice masses hold enough frozen water t…
Maps reveal how people move during an emergency, and who may be most vulnerable
By Noah Smith
Defying most forecasts, Hurricane Dorian largely spared Puerto Rico Wednesday and now threatens Florida, which is under a state of emergency. This surprising path has manifested itself despite decades of research, huge data sets, and advancing technology…
The Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations has proposed a resolution to create a legal framework for people displaced by climate change.
It will provide a forum to discuss paths forward through disaster risk reduction programs, legal guidelines, and potential land solutions.
The COP23 Oceans Action forum in Germany has heard the latest scie…
By Lin Taylor
WAILOTUA, Fiji - For most of Buisalia Tevita's life, prayers and luck were all her Fijian community could rely on to protect itself from the cyclones, floods or landslides that regularly hit the islands.
"During a disaster, everything (is) in a mess. People don't know what to do," said Tevita, who lives in Wailotua Village No. 1, located…
The number of people forced from their homes each year by disasters has quadrupled over the past four decades, and the risk of being displaced has doubled, said a Norwegian humanitarian group.
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, called on governments meeting in Sendai, Japan, later this week to tac…