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Environmental Displacement and Environmental Migration: Blurred Boundaries Require Integrated Policies

by Michaela Hynie, York University; Prateep Nayak,  University of Waterloo, Teresa Gomes & Ifrah Abdillah, University of Toronto [RRN/CRS Policy Brief Submitted to the Government of Canada, December 2, 2016] Executive Summary As the pace and severity of environmental change increase, environmental migration is being recognized as a necessary and potentially beneficial adaptation to change, … Continue reading Environmental Displacement and Environmental Migration: Blurred Boundaries Require Integrated Policies

Annotated Bibliography on Nature-Society Relations In & Of International Borders

Dear RRN Members, I hope this message finds you well. We have been working on an annotated bibliography on “Nature-Society Relations in and of International Borders” with a longer-term goal of producing a formal, peer-reviewed literature review on the subject. This project is part of a larger RRN Cluster on Environmental Displacement and has been … Continue reading Annotated Bibliography on Nature-Society Relations In & Of International Borders

Tuvalu and climate change: Constructions of environmental displacement in the Sydney Morning Herald

Tuvalu, a place whose image in the ‘West’ is as a small island state, insignificant and remote on the world stage, is becoming remarkably prominent in connection with the contemporary issue of climate change-related sea-level rise. My aim in this paper is to advance understanding of the linkages between climate change and island places, by … Continue reading Tuvalu and climate change: Constructions of environmental displacement in the Sydney Morning Herald

Alaskan communities’ rights and resilience

 In Alaska, climate change is evident. Temperatures across the state have increased by between 2 and 3.5 degrees Celsius since 1974, arctic sea ice is decreasing in extent and thickness, wildfires are increasing in size and extent, and permafrost is thawing. These ecological phenomena are creating a humanitarian crisis for the indigenous communities that have … Continue reading Alaskan communities’ rights and resilience

Report of ‘National Workshop on Resource Politics, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Displacement in India’

CRG over the past few years have been organizing short courses in collaboration with willing centers and departments of universities and research institutions across India as a follow up activity. This year CRG in collaboration with Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, organized a three day national workshop … Continue reading Report of ‘National Workshop on Resource Politics, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Displacement in India’