Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland, 14 -15 April 2014 – Nansen Initiative Consultative Committee Workshop The two day workshop brought together around 50 Nansen Initiative Consultative Committee members, invited experts, representatives of the Chairmanship, the…
New-York and Geneva, 4 April 2014 – A dialogue with Prof. Walter Kaelin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative Prof. Walter Kaelin (former Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human…
Need for New Tools to Deal with Disaster Displacement 2 April 2014 – Norwegian Refugee Council Professor Walter Kälin argued for a need to better protect people who are forced to flee…
Creating New Norms on Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Displacement: International Developments 5 March 2014, Refuge, Vol 29, No 2 – Jane McAdam This article provides an account of attempts at the…
A Patient Envoy 1 February 2014 – Marianne Alfsen/Felix Media Walter Kaelin believes in power of people who set down and and talk it out when faced with challenges. Now he is talking…
How to Make Climate Migration a Solution, Not a Problem 16 January 2014 – Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation The phrase “climate migrants” tends to conjure up images of people forced from…
Will Fleeing Home be the Last Resort as the Climate Changes? 14 January 2014 – IRIN Salustiano Albert has lived in Palau, an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean comprising over 500…
Canciller Inaugura Consulta Regional Sobre Desplazamiento Transfronterizo como Resultado de Desastres Naturales 12 December 2013 – Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores El Canciller, Enrique Castillo, inauguró la consulta regional sobre el desplazamiento transfronterizo…
Climate Change Refugees? Think Again 9 December 2013, Refugees International – Alice Thomas Two weeks ago, the High Court of New Zealand rejected a Kiribati man’s request for asylum as a “climate…
Nansen Initiative Pacific Regional Consultation Chair’s Summary Over the past two days, we have had some very rich discussions around the issues related to human mobility, disasters and both the…
