Climate Migration

April 27, 2021 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Climate Diaspora: Our World, Our Problem

CLIMATE CHANGE DIASPORA: OUR WORLD, OUR PROBLEM The role that climate change will play in the future of human migration is underestimated. As droughts, floods, and rising sea levels continue to increase, affected populations the world over will be forced to relocate, adding millions of people to a climate-induced diaspora. On April 22nd Andrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), NYU Provost K. E. Fleming, Dr. David Holland, Denise Holland, Vice Provost Yanoula Athanassakis, and Peter Terezakis for a special one-hour Earth Day discussion on the coming climate diaspora. Climate Change Diaspora: Our World, Our Problem was a discussion on how mitigating climate-related displacement and migration will become one of humanity’s greatest challenges. — (click)

April 11, 2021 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Climate change a factor in USA home relocation

Respondents aged 35 to 44 were most likely to say that natural disasters, extreme temperatures and/or rising sea levels played a role in their decision to move, followed by respondents aged 25 to 34. Respondents aged 45 or older were less likely to indicate that these risks factored into their decision to relocate.

March 30, 2021 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Andrew Harper, UNHCR

In 2019, weather-related hazards triggered some 24.9 million displacements in 140 countries. Research shows that without ambitious climate action and disaster risk reduction, climate-related disasters could double the number of people requiring humanitarian assistance to over 200 million each year by 2050. Andrew Harper, UNHCR’s Special Advisor on Climate Action, sat down with UNHCR’s global website editor Tim Gaynor in Geneva to assess the current situation and how UNHCR and its partners need to act now to avoid being overwhelmed. — *click*

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