28 September 2022

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Biden Administration’s Stopgap Immigration Reform Leaves the United States Unprepared for Climate Refugees (Georgetown Environmental Law Review, April 2022) [text]

Climate change means mass migration. We can make it fair and rehome millions, says author Gaia Vince (World Economic Forum Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

"Don’t forget Afghan refugees in Pakistan flood response," The New Humanitarian, 20 Sept. 2022 [text]

East Africa and the Horn light the way for climate migrants (ISS Today, Sept. 2022) [text]

"In Afghanistan, a wrenching choice between drought and migration," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 16 Aug. 2022 [text]

Indonesia: A Prime Example of How Robust Data Can Reduce Flood Displacement Risk (IDMC Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

Tackling the Climate Change-Migration-Human Trafficking Nexus in the East and Horn of Africa: Signs of Promise in the Kampala Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change? (RLI Blog, Sept. 2022) [text]

UNHCR: Humanitarian needs remain acute for displaced in flood-hit areas of Pakistan (UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]
- See also related needs assessments undertaken by the IRC here and here.

Reports:

Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions [access]
- Follow link for key findings, data and the full report. See also related media release.

Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability and Clean Energy Access in the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan in Response to the Syria Crisis (3RP) (UNDP & UNHCR, Sept. 2022) [text]

The Statue of Liberty Plan: A Progressive Vision for Migration in the Age of Climate Change (Roosevelt Institute, Aug. 2022) [text]

U.S. Policy and COFA Citizens: Migration from Climate-Vulnerable Countries (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Sept. 2022) [text]
- Note: COFA refers to "Compacts of Free Association," which grant "citizens of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau...a unique status as legal nonimmigrants...work and live in the United States indefinitely without a visa."

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