In the last decade, more than 40 million children have had to flee their homes because of conflict and the climate crisis. To raise awareness about the hardships they experience, but also the amazing resilience they are capable of, an international team of collaborators has come together to make an award-winning animated short film called […]
When back-to-back hurricanes struck Central America last November, families in the region were already facing a food shortage, violence and economic decline from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Four months later, people affected by Hurricanes Eta and Iota are struggling to recover, and the impacts of the storms are just beginning to be felt by agriculture […]
By Jessica Corbett The world’s largest humanitarian network warned Wednesday that urgent international action is needed to address the rising risk of climate-related displacement, highlighting data that shows disasters such as storms, droughts, fires, and floods internally displaced more than 10 million people from September to February. “In just the last six months, there have […]
A report commissioned by an executive order signed by President Biden last week could have major implications for people displaced by climate-related disasters, The Verge reports. An average of 21.5 million people are forced from their homes because of climate-related hazards — nine times the number of people who apply for political asylum. The report, […]
A large landslide caused by torrential rains during Hurricane Eta buried half a small village’s residents, leaving the other half searching for family members and neighbors in Guatemala on Tuesday, The Washington Post reported. Officials deemed Queja, a farming community of a few hundred residents, “uninhabitable,” and ended rescue operations, calling for the survivors to […]
By Tim Radford The Texan city of Houston is about to grow in unexpected ways, thanks to the rising tides. So will Dallas. Real estate agents in Atlanta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado; and Las Vegas, Nevada could expect to do roaring business. The inland counties around Los Angeles, and close to New Orleans in Louisiana, will […]
By Steve Trent Imagine if you couldn’t feed your children and had to leave your home because of fossil fuels burned in a far-off country. That’s what people on the front lines of climate change face today. The climate crisis is now creating more refugees than war. In recent years tens of millions of people […]
By Julia Conley Climate action leaders have warned for years that marginalized frontline communities in poor countries are already facing the most destructive impacts of the climate crisis, and a new study confirms those fears, detailing how women in those regions are at greater risk for violence and abuse as the environment is degraded. The […]
Refugees fleeing the impending effects of the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home, according to a new decision by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, as CNN reported. The new decision could open up a massive wave of legal claims by displaced people around the world. The first-of-its-kind ruling opens the door for […]
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