The rush for ‘climate visas’ to escape Tuvalu shows the extraordinary need for schemes that enable people to migrate in a warmer world.
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Food forests are urban oases that pack a lot into small spaces, including food production, local cooling and social connections.
A lethal turf war between drug traffickers has terrorized Buenaventura, Colombia for months. Now protesters are demanding the government’s help to protect people in this mostly Black city.
Wars play a central role in increasing numbers of refugees worldwide. Is it time to think about a “destruction tax”?
Refugee women’s voices are often left out of resettlement policy. A participatory research method called photovoice helps uncover resettlement issues from their perspectives.
By 2050, climate change impacts such as storms and drought could displace up to 300 million people worldwide. Nations should recognize ‘climate migrants’ and make plans for aiding and resettling them.
As long as the EU strikes deals with dictators and pushes trade agreements that worsen the economic situation in many African countries, attempts to reduce migratory pressure will fail.
Natural disasters are on the rise due to climate change, displacing millions of people each year. A new international initiative is aiming to improve the way governments respond to such crises.
Mega development projects can have a positive impact. But there are risks. Between 2004 and 2013, some 3.4 million people were ‘physically and economically displaced’ by World Bank projects alone.
There is belief among some that climate change drives human displacement, but research in Malawi suggests otherwise.
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Ph.D. Candidate, RAND School of Public Policy
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Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Research Methods, Research Officer in International Health, Curtin University
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Senior researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of International Health, Curtin University
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PhD Candidate in Development Studies, Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape
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Researcher and PhD Candidate, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor, Universidad Católica de Chile
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Thomas W. Haas Professor in Sustainable Food Systems, University of New Hampshire
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor, HEC Paris Business School
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Research fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies