As global temperatures rise, many researchers are connecting the links of climate change to human health. Jeremy Hess — professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, global health and ...

In Somali culture, there is a famous adage: “Calaf waa labo cagood.” It translates to “Happiness is two feet,” and denotes deep-rooted traditions of movement and migration. Somalis have been caught in ...

BE that as it may, climate refugees are not covered by the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) for the reason that climate refugees are not fleeing persecution on account of race, ...

Student groups placed signs displaying refugee statistics along the walkways of the Arts Quad to foster discussion about the global refugee crisis, including the plight of climate change refugees. The ...

BAKU – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, unveiled today the “Refugees for Climate Action” network, an initiative designed to amplify the voices of displaced communities in the global climate debate. The ...

Of the 65 million refugees on Earth, many are being displaced by climate change in devastating numbers, according to Prof. Maria Garcia — and that does not seem likely to improve any time soon. In ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday warned that by 2050, the hottest refugee camps could face nearly 200 days of extreme heat stress per year, posing serious risks to health ...

An estimated 1.2 billion people could be forced to migrate by 2050 due to extreme weather and natural disasters related to climate change. The hardships of relocating and sharing limited survival ...