Statement first published on the UN website on 3 December 2019. Photo © UNDP. Following his statement of 23 October announcing the establishment of a High Level-Panel on Internal Displacement,…
This year, the Platform on Disaster Displacement has collaborated with the COAL Prize to amplify the voices of artists from all over the world on the theme ‘Climate, Disasters and…
Article originally published on Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law’s website on 6 February 2018 Environmental disasters and climate change are now the leading causes of displacement worldwide. Yet those…
Zoom sur le sort des «réfugiés climatiques». 1 November 2014, Bern – Chirine El Labbane La plupart des victimes d’aléas naturels ou de l’impact des changements climatiques se déplacent au sein même de…
Highlighting Displacement in the Context of Disasters and the Effects of Climate Change 4 September 2014, Apia, Samoa – SPREP For centuries, war, famine and persecution have resulted in the forced…
Integrating Disaster-Induced Displacement within the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 1 July 2014, Geneva – Walter Kaelin Disasters associated with natural hazards displace millions of people each year, both within their…
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…
