Migration and climate change

Updated: Tue, 24 Jul 2018

U.N. pact offers hope to world's climate migrants

The United Nations agreed to draw up a migration pact to cope with the millions of migrants moving from country to country. Now campaigners want nations to follow up with concrete action

UN countries agree on pact to manage mass global migration
The non-binding agreement aims to make migration safe and orderly amid issues of national sovereignty and international cooperation By Ellen Wulfhorst | Fri, 13 Jul 2018
As unusual drought hits eastern Nepal, farmers migrate to get by
"Water scarcity and drought were something alien to us a few years ago but they have become a new normal now" By Aadesh Subedi | Wed, 10 Oct 2018
Library helps 'left-behind' Nepali women gain cash, confidence
"Because of this male migration, females have the opportunity to lead" By Adela Suliman | Wed, 28 Mar 2018
As migration rises, finance can pave the way to benefits for all
"No ocean is going to be wide enough, no wall high enough" to stop migration, so making it work for everyone is key, experts say By Laurie Goering | Thu, 12 Apr 2018
In India's parched Bundelkhand, drought brings a tide of migration
As lengthening drought becomes the new normal, a parched region between India's Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states is clearing out By Shuriah Niazi | Thu, 5 Jul 2018
Land degradation drives mass migration, climate change
Land degradation could force hundreds of millions of people to migrate in the coming decades By Anastasia Moloney | Mon, 26 Mar 2018
For survivors of Fiji's deadly cyclone, mental scars linger
"Fijians are very happy people. They brush things away. But with this one, it was very hard to pick up again" By Laurie Goering | Mon, 26 Mar 2018
As wild weather worsens, Filipino migration takes on a female face
Each day, hundreds of rural women pack their bags for jobs abroad as maids and care-givers in order to feed their families By Rina Chandran | Fri, 30 Mar 2018
As drought fuels Indian migration, 'those left behind suffer most'
"The older people who die here in these villages, it's often because no one is there to take care of them" By Roli Srivastava | Thu, 29 Mar 2018
Climate migration to surge unless emissions are curbed - report
"We have a small window now, before the effects of climate change deepen, to prepare the ground for this new reality." By Alex Whiting | Mon, 19 Mar 2018
Puerto Rico hurricane migrants may be wild card in U.S. elections
Can an influx of Democratic-learning climate migrants in Florida tip the state's delicate political balance? By Sebastien Malo and Adriana Brasileiro | Thu, 29 Mar 2018
Mali's erratic weather pushes girls into risky jobs as maids
Drought means no harvest - and girls are the ones coming to town to try to earn a living for their families By Soumaila Diarra | Fri, 30 Mar 2018
Urban nomads: Mongolian herders battle with a new future
As climate-driven drought takes hold, Mongolia's nomads are retreating to the city - and facing choking pollution By Max Baring | Thu, 3 May 2018
Puerto Ricans caught between eviction threat and devastation
Nearly 1,000 Puerto Rican families displaced in 2017 by Hurricane Maria were allowed to stay in US hotels and motels beyond a July 5 deadline By Reuters | Tue, 3 Jul 2018
Florida communities scramble to help displaced Puerto Ricans
"I cannot get the best medical help in Puerto Rico, and it has become even worse after Hurricane Maria" By Reuters | Fri, 12 Jan 2018
video-trustdocs Louisiana 'islanders' find a new home beyond the water
"This is our rebirth where we can start our re-population, to get off that endangered species list, and begin again" By Nicky Milne and Valeria Cardi | Mon, 23 Apr 2018
Louisiana 'islanders' find a new home beyond the water
"This is our rebirth where we can start our re-population, to get off that endangered species list, and begin again" By Nicky Milne | Sat, 21 Apr 2018
Climate change seen causing big rise in migrant flow to EU by 2100
"This is a first best estimate" for 2100 By Reuters | Thu, 21 Dec 2017
Stay or go? People under climate pressure must have choice
We may not be able to attribute migration directly to our changing climate, but we still need to act By Jan Kellett | Mon, 18 Dec 2017
Climate migration muddied by legal confusion in Pacific islands
Pacific islanders may be among the first climate migrants - but a range of thorny legal obstacles stands in the way By Laurie Goering | Thu, 9 Nov 2017
New Zealand considers climate 'refugees' visa
"We want to get ahead of this before it turns into a real problem," said climate minister James Shaw, leader of New Zealand's Green Party By Lin Taylor | Fri, 17 Nov 2017
Climate change-fueled drought drives Sri Lanka’s farmers to cities
“Farmers are moving because there isn’t enough money in agriculture,” officials admit By Amantha Perera | Thu, 2 Nov 2017
Fiji to move more than 40 villages inland as seas rise
The country is also looking at ways to help - including potentially taking in - migrants from other threatened Pacific island nations By Reuters | Fri, 17 Nov 2017
As wild weather ups migration, Pacific islands seek ways to cope
"We want movement in a controlled way, rather than in a panic" says director-general of Fiji Red Cross By Laurie Goering | Mon, 13 Nov 2017

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