After the latest catastrophic sinking of a migrant boat in the #Mediterranean , a UN expert has called on countries to stop the “shocking” number of #migrant deaths in Europe by providing humanitarian visas to those displaced by the #ClimateCrisis .

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The European Commission has warned its member states to brace for the “spill-over effects” of the climate crisis, setting out a new raft of proposals for dealing with the increased conflict and migration it will cause.

#EU #ClimateCrisis #Migration

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Earth experienced its warmest average temperature since records began on Tuesday, hot on the heels of the 17C mark being broken for the first time on Monday.

#Climate #Climate Crisis #heatwave #Climate Action #globalwarming

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Canada is on track to have the deadliest year of fires to date, and the question of how to move forward is largely unanswered.

#Wildfire #CanadaFires #canadawildfires #forestfires #environment

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This is a classic story of exploitation, where vulnerable communities bear the brunt of environmental damage caused by fossil fuel firms. It's high time we prioritize the well-being of climate migrants! #climatejustice

One from the archives: Earth Refuge reported last year on how activists have filed the first-ever climate lawsuit against #Russia , demanding urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions even as the country remains embroiled in its war with #Ukraine .

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Fifteen million people worldwide are threatened by devastating flooding from glacial lakes, new research has found.

More than half of the people exposed to the floods live in just four countries.

#flooding #floods #climatechange #GlobalWarming

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Fossil fuel firms owe US$23 trillion in climate reparations, according to a new study, which argues that climate migrants should be among the first to benefit from polluters' “tainted wealth”.

#environment #climatejustice #oilandgas #pollution #migration

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As fires continue to rage across #Canada , read our 2020 interview with US wildland firefighter James Sedlak about his experiences on the front line when such a disaster unfolds.

#Canada Wildfires #CanadianWildfires #ClimateCrisis #forestfires #wildfires

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A group of residents on the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire are together with Greenpeace International taking the Dutch government to court over its alleged failure to protect the island from the impacts of global warming.

#Bonaire #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice

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Elisa D'Amico Earth Refuge Thank you Elisa! And congrats to Earth Refuge for organizing such an exciting first session of the summer school! I really enjoyed participating.

Huge thanks to Earth Refuge and the Center for Human Rights at SOAS University of London for inviting Resama to moderate the 1st week of the International School of Climate Migration, amazing discussion on immobility & CC Kerilyn Schewel Bishawjit Mallick carolfarbotko

Grateful for the insightful talks at Earth Refuge Int'l School on Climate Migration. Thank you, Bishawjit Mallick, for your valuable expertise on labor-market migration in Bangladesh. Inspired by your work and perspectives! #ClimateMigration #LaborMigration

Grateful for the enlightening talks at Earth Refuge Int'l School on Climate Migration. Thank you, Kerilyn Schewel, for shedding light on climate-related immobility, income's impact, and the desire to remain. Your insights on involuntary vs voluntary migration were eye-opening.

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled to limit the power of the Environmental Protection Agency in policing water pollution.

#pollution #environment #UnitedStates #SCOTUS

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Global warming will soon push billions of people into living in “unprecedented” heat that threatens human survival, according to new research, with entire countries becoming dangerously hot.

#GlobalWarming #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #migration

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The failure of Canada’s Imperial Oil to report a leak from a waste pond in Alberta resulted in a First Nations group harvesting and collecting water from contaminated regions for nine months.

#canada #oil #water #firstnations #indigenouspeoples #climate

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An “unprecedented” rise in sea levels on the US southeastern and Gulf Coasts is fuelling catastrophic flooding, according to new research by a team from Tulane University Tulane University

#ClimateCrisis #globalwarming #climatechange #US #flooding #sealevels

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One from the archive: Native American Tribe Members Become First US Climate Migrants

#ClimateCrisis #globalwarming #risingseas #climatechange #US #Louisiana #NativeAmerican

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Happy to share that last month I was accepted into the International School of Climate Migration, co-hosted by the Center for Human Rights, Law, Environment and Development and Center for Migration Diaspora Studies at SOAS University of London University of London and Earth Refuge 🌱 +