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The rising tide — environmental refugees
By Andrew Lam, Aug 15, 2012. Source: New America Media The modern world has long thought of refugees in strictly political terms, victims in a world riven by competing ideologies. But as climate change...
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Between drought and floods – A year of extremes in Sri Lanka
By Amantha Perera, December 30, 2012. Source: Inter Press Service Wild elephants are usually the primary attraction in the remote shrub jungles of Udawalawe, about 180 kilometres southeast of Sri...
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Australia urged to formally recognize climate change refugee status
By Bernard Lagan, April 16, 2013. Source: The Guardian Australia, a close neighbour of small, low-lying South Pacific states at the frontline of climate change, should be the first country to formally...
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Alaskan town could be underwater by 2017, villagers dubbed ‘America’s climate...
By James A. Foley, May 14 2013. Source: Nature World News In Alaska, the entire village of Newtok is being relocated because coastal erosion threatens to put the village’s highest point underwater by...
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Climate refugee fighting to stay in New Zealand
Note: Claiming ‘climate refugee’ status is no easy way to avoid the destruction already being imposed on small island nations like Kiribati. As the oceans rise and the world warms, vulnerable...
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