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Cascading Disasters in the Mediterranean: Storm in Lampedusa
Last Friday the Mediterranean areas around Southern Italy experienced a rare “Medicane” event of tropical storm-like conditions. Jeff Master’s explains the science behind these rare weather events, and the likelihood of seeing more of them under a changing climate.
Storms of this nature are just one more stress to the small Italian island that is also a main point of entry to the European Union for migrants and refugees from places like Syria and Eritrea. The voyage from point of origin to the shores of Europe and Italy is no cruise (more…)
Forced Migration Review: Responding to Humanitarian Crises and Developing Global Standards
The February 2014 issue of Forced Migration Review (FMR), a product of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, is packed full of interesting articles exploring the nuances of migration, and “trapped” populations in context of humanitarian crises. Work done with the Crisis Migration Project in Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) was also the basis for several of the articles in this issue. Many of the articles look specifically at environmental disasters, droughts and food security questions, as well as mobility and resiliency. A few articles in the FMR pay especial attention to climate change-related risks. (more…)
ICYMI: Symposium on The Intersection of Climate Change and National Security in the 21st Century
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law hosted a symposium on October, 25th titled “Rising Temps and Emerging Threats: The Intersection of Climate Change and National Security in the 21st Century.” The symposium included an outstanding group of speakers and covered some very pertinent topics. All of the panels have also been uploaded to their YouTube station. We have included the program and links to the videos below. For those of you starting to compile reading and watching lists for the holidays and airport travel delays, these videos will help kill some time! (more…)
New Report: “Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in South Asia”
Arpita Bhattacharyya and Michael Werz, of Heinrich Böll Stiftung and the Center for American Progress, respectively, just released a report titled “Climate Change, Migration,and Confict in South Asia.” According to the authors:
South Asia will be among the regions hardest hit by climate change. Higher temperatures, more extreme weather, rising sea levels, increasing cyclonic activity in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, as well as floods in the region’s complex river systems will complicate existing development and poverty reduction initiatives. Coupled with high population density levels, these climate shifts have the potential to create complex environmental, humanitarian, and security challenges. India and Bangladesh, in particular, will feel the impacts of climate change acutely. (more…)