Video: Kenya and the Realities of Rural to Urban Migration
Erratic weather patterns and increasing droughts and floods due to climate change are causing people in rural Kenya to migrate to the urban centre of Nairobi. There is evidence that already crowded...
View ArticleAfrican Leaders Emphasise Plight of ‘Environmental Refugees’
(AFP) October 23, 2009 – KAMPALA – African leaders recognised climate change as a major cause of human displacement during a two-day summit on the plight of the continent’s refugees which closed Friday...
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African Union Recognizes Environmental Displacement in New Groundbreaking...
The Emblem of the AU The African Union (AU), which is an intergovernmental organization consisting of 52 African states, held the Special Summit for the Protection and Assistance of Internally...
View ArticleAU Pushes the Envelope on “Climate Migrants”
(IRIN) October 29, 2009 – An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result...
View ArticleVideo: “Hot Cities” Documentary Series by BBC World News
“Hot Cities” is a powerful and informative documentary series that was aired last fall on BBC World News TV. This is an excellent eight-part series about the present effects of climate change on cities...
View ArticleVideo: Diffa – Pastoral Nomads in Niger
The International Institute for Environment and Development produced a movie on pastoral nomads in Niger and the increasing pressures they face as their traditional pastures dry up. The description of...
View ArticleNews: Immigration surging in Cameroon as farmers and fishermen desert...
(Reuters AlertNet) October 5, 2010 – YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Yaounde’s Briketteri neighbourhood, home to Muslim traders in textiles and beef, is seeing a surge of climate migrants – farmers and fishermen...
View ArticleSpecial Issue: Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Context of Social...
Thanks to Forced Migration Current Awareness we learned of a special issue of International Migration that focuses on environmentally-induced migration. Contents include the following: A Decision...
View ArticleNews: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Ghana's Coastal Communities
(SciDevNet) October 21, 2011 - Ghana will experience increased flooding brought on by rising sea levels caused by global warming, a modelling study has predicted. The study, published in Remote Sensing...
View ArticleClimate change, Desertification, and Migration: Connecting the dots
edToolbar() (Responding to Climate Change) April 27, 2012 – While climate change and desertification can often go hand levitra lowest price in hand, each one able to exacerbate the other, the role...
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