Refugees

ISSUES

Climate refugees

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) defines « climate refugees as people who have to temporarily or permanently leave their homes because of a clear degradation of their environment (for human or natural reasons) which greatly affects their way of life and/ or which greatly jeopardises their quality of life ».
History
Millions of people have already been moved for reasons linked to the environment. The disastrous floods in 1998 made many people homeless and the Chernobyl disaster forced over 100 000 people to move. Africa's serious droughts made thousands of people flee to neighbouring countries.

NEWS

Dutch unveil plan in war against the sea: a sandbar

Climate change an ongoing threat

Le réchauffement climatique déloge les Maldives

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DEBATES

Searching for the climate refugees

Fred Pearce

There were supposed to be 50 million climate refugees by the end of last year, so where are they? New Scientist investigates...

The Secret of Sea Level Rise: It Will Vary Greatly by Region

As the world warms, sea levels could easily rise three to...

A rebuttal of the deterministic perspective on environmental migration from small island states

Reports on the impacts of climate change, including those...

FOCUS

Environmental refugees

Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, in the Republic of Kiribati were the first atolls flooded by global warming. They were in the Pacific Ocean and disappeared beneath the water in 1999. But they were uninhabited. As sea...

VIDEOS

13/09/2010	Sun Come Up is a lyrical documentary following the relocation of some of...	05/02/2010	François Gemenne, researcher at the IDDR, explains some of the...
30/12/2009	Boobu Tioram, a resident of the Pacific island of Kirabati, took time out...	13/12/2009	Mohamed Aslam, Minister of the Environnment for the Maldives tells us: "We...

GREEN TIPS

Intelligent electricity

In Washington State, an electrical network offers some 300 homes an intelligent energy supply. The principle...

INDICATORS

Population
Carbon dioxide emissions
Desertification risks

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