Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Blog posts & press:

Blog series:  Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus (NCHS Blog, Nov. 2022)

- Environmental justice for refugees in host countries: How Syrian refugees are disproportionately harmed by air and water pollution in Lebanon [text]

- Uneven displacement: How a village in coastal Guinea-Bissau is battling rising sea levels [text]

- How do IDPs and refugees fit within traditional, indigenous, and local knowledge of disasters? [text]

"COP27: Diplomatic baby steps amid mounting humanitarian crises," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2022 [text]

Displaced people from climate frontlines raise their voices at COP27 (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

- See also related remarks.

Drowned: The Human Cost of Deadly Floods in Pakistan (Amnesty International, Nov. 2022) [text]

"In storm-hit Puerto Rico, local communities fill US disaster response gaps," The New Humanitarian, 17 Nov. 2022 [text]

"The limits of loss and damage: A cautionary tale from Pakistan," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2022 [text]

A Report on “Climate Disaster, Migration, and News Reporting: A South Asian Discussion” (Refugee Watch Online, Nov. 2022) [text]

Stories of climate mobility: understanding the impacts, informing effective response (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Report of a COP27 side event.

Tackling Climate Change Displacement at COP27 (Just Security Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

Young Rohingya refugees are helping to turn world’s largest camp green (UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Advancing a rights-based approach to climate change resilience and migration in the Sahel (OHCHR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel (British Red Cross, Nov. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Mali and Sudan.

Financing Responses to Climate Migration: The Unique Role of Multilateral Development Banks (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2022) [text]

Floods in Pakistan: Rethinking the humanitarian role (Humanitarian Outcomes, Nov. 2022) [text]

Human Rights implications of COVID-19 response measures in the context of climate change: Policy Brief (OHCHR, Nov. 2022) [text]

Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots in the Sahel ((OSCDS & UNHCR, Nov. 2022) [text via UNHCR]

"Protection of Environmental Rights for International Refugees in Indonesia: Present Practice and Future Challenges," Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, vol. 15, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (11 Nov. 2022)