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Ahaq will be responsible for the white colored boxes (for refugee)

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We should educate ourselves about refugees and what they have to go through, including their resettlement process. We have to allow them to settle into our community. Try sponsoring a refugee, Donate money or at-least household goods to resettlement agencies, and help provide housing for refugees. If you were put into their shoes, you wouldn't be happy for where you have settled. You probably don't even know where you are going, and turns out now you are living in a camp where there are thousands and millions of others living with you in the same place. If we donate to them, it will definitely help them out and upgrade them up to a better place. Refugees go through really bad conditions are they are really underfunded places. If we all donate even a dollar, and there is a population of 3 million people in the town, lets say 2 million of them even donate a dollar every month, that is 2 million a month for the refugees to have a better life and even for them maybe to settle into a new house and get a job. A dollar isn't a big amount, it is a small amount and that money will go a long way for the refugees. You would also want money and try to settle into a new place and get a home if you were kicked out of your previous country because of reasons such as war.

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Justin will be responsible for the blue colored boxes (for climate change)

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This video shows about the Antarctica's ice melting problems and how it is affecting us and their animals.

The antarctica was 1.5million km2 times smaller than the average for the time of year, it is roughly the size of portugal, spain, france and germany together.

The greenlands ice is melting faster, losing over 250 gigaton avery year.

fossil fuel pollution is heating our planet and it leads to the sea level rising, and it endangers the people in costal communities

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Antarctica's Climate Emergency: UN Chief's Urgent Message on Melting Ice | United Nations

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This is image of penguins in Antartica, you can not see barely any ice or snow in this image, scientists says that due to climate change, antartica's temperature went seriously high, it went up to 20 degrees celcius. And the penguin on the right, the thing that covering the penguin is all dirt, we are in a danger of losing antartica and its animals.

And due to these things, sea level has risen 8-9 inches so far, even some people are losing their country, because they are losing their lands due to sea level rise. And experts says that Antarctic temperatures will be up 4 °C (7.2 °F), on average, by 2100 and this will be accompanied by a 30% increase in precipitation and a 30% decrease in total sea ice.

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the ones that are causing climate change is generating power, manufacturing goods, and cutting down trees .

first, Generating electricity and heat by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas causes a large chunk of global emissions. And Manufacturing and industry produce emissions, mostly from burning fossil fuels to produce energy for making things like cement, iron, steel, electronics, plastics, clothes and other goods. And also Cutting down forests to create farms or pastures, or for other reasons, causes emissions, since trees, when they are cut, release the carbon they have been storing. Since forests absorb carbon dioxide, destroying them also limits nature’s ability to keep emissions out of the atmosphere.

And since these things cause a serious climate change and global warming, we need to do something, we can not wait government to do soemhing, even us can start doing things, like stop using plastics, use less electricity, use less cars and use puic transits, and maybe eat more vegetables. But also, there are things that can large groups of people can do, like UN, WHO and governments. They should dispute using fossil fuels, reducing factories and stop people from cutting down trees. These are hard to be in just a day, but once we try and be aware of it, I think we can make a change.

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Mitigation: The lessening or minimizing of the adverse impacts of a hazardous event.
Adaptation: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Sustainability: ability to maintain or support a process over time.
Renewable Energy: energy that comes from a source that won't run out.
Resilience: the ability to successfully adapt to stressors, maintaining psychological well-being in the face of adversity.

and as I search for these words, I could easily understand more about the climate change, and how bad it is. I could understand that how many people are trying to improve about the climate chage and trying to fix it.

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How many refugees are there worldwide?

According to UN there are about 34.6 million refugees (in the video it states this)

Where do refugees go?

They go to places in which they are able to. Like refugee camps, or like if they get a-hold of a refugee visa.

What is the difference between refugees and migrants?

Refugees can not safely return home while migrants face no such impediment to return.

What is an asylum-seeker?

A person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.

What is refugee resettlement?

Refugee resettlement involves the selection and transfer of refugees from a country in which they sought protection.

These are all the questions I had while reading the text. I found out the answers so that I am educated about my questions.

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Persecuted: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone.

equitable: dealing fairly and equally with all concerned. an equitable settlement.

implementation: the process of putting a decision or plan into effect basically, execution.

mandated: Give someone authority to act a certain way.

descendants: Something that has come down

protracted: lasting for a long time or longer than expected.

deprivation: the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something

adverse: Preventing success or development

calamities: an event causing great and often sudden damage

After searching up these words, it helped me understand the goal of the United Nations towards refugees in depth and helped me understand the text more easily.

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this video made me learn than 110 people are now displaced, 34.6 million refugees, and others who are in need of international protection have fled across the borders because of reasons such as war, violence or persecution. 5.4 million asylum-seekers who have crossed the border but are waiting for a decision on their claims. 62.5 million people have been displaced including 5.8 million Palestinians. These numbers have doubled in the last decade. Each and every person deserves protection and we should be taking action. These numbers are absurd, no one should have to flee their own town because of dumb reasons such as war. If they want to have a war, they shouldn't bring innocent citizens into the war and kill them. You might think that these numbers are small, but what if you were part of these numbers, you wouldn't think that these numbers are small but someone and that someone should take action to help you, when you didn't do anything but live like a normal citizen.

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HOW DID WE GET TO 110 MILLION PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE?

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I had moved to a different country, but not as a refugee. I remember how it was tough settling in. Imagine what refugees have to go through, it is depressing to think of how refugees have to usually live in a camp in where they kind of get abused in a way. If it was so hard for me to settle in, how much more harder would it be for the refugees to settle in when they are new to the place and had to flee their previous residency country. I can connect to refugees because I know how hard it is to move to another country, and I had my necessities, while on the other hand refugees don't get their necessities but just get another place to live in and it is so hard to settle in somewhere you probably have never heard of ever.

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There are millions of refugees around the world. You might not know about that or believe that but it is true. They are going through something and we have to help them. We have to take action to help them get out of the camp to help them start a better life. Refugees come in countries probably every day, imagine what they think of when they see where they are going to live (see picture above) and where they had come from, a country where they were settled perfectly. This is happening currently and we have to help them!

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Following the October 7th attack by the Hamas group on Israel, which killed at-least 1,200 people and resulted into 250 hostages, Israel launched an extensive military offensive on the Gaza strip. According to Palestinians health officials in Gaza, just over 24,000 people have been killed while the UNPRA (United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency) estimated 1.9 million or more, 85 percent of Gaza's entire population have been displaced. With this disaster, Ottawa announced in December a new program to be delivered. Temporary visas to help people who are fleeing the war. Canada's federal minister who is responsible for immigration and refugee's, Marc Miller, said that 1,000 Palestinians and refugees could get 3 year visas if they met the eligibly in the criteria. Applicants had to make it across the border into Egypt for photos and fingerprints and then after that they had to wait for their final approval. And out of all of the application just a few have been processed so far.

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Following the October 7 attack by the Hamas terrorist group on Israel, which killed at least 1,200 people and resulted in the capture of some 250 hostages, Israel launched an extensive military offensive on the Gaza Strip, that has divided the international community as Palestinian casualties mount. According to Palestinian health officials in Gaza, just over 24,000 people have been killed while the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency estimated that 1.9 million more, 85 percent of Gaza's entire population, have been displaced.

Faced with this critical humanitarian situation, and after criticism about its lack of response, Ottawa announced in December a new program to deliver temporary visas to help people fleeing the war. Canada's federal minister responsible for immigration and refugees, Marc Miller, said that 1,000 Palestinian refugees could obtain three-year visas if they met eligibility and admissibility criteria, one of which is to have Canadian relatives. Another catch - applicants had to make it across the border into Egypt for biometric screening (fingerprints and photo) and then wait for final approval, which is still the case today and why so few applications have been processed so far.

While Canada is renowned for its openness regarding the reception of refugees, the miniscule quota and strict conditions surprised many. "That's a bit of a double standard," said Marie Lamensch recently, program and outreach coordinator at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. "The number of 1,000 really seems quite low, even if Miller said it could possibly be more. Compared to what we saw for Ukrainian refugees it's quite limited."

Ottawa has in fact implemented major refugee reception programs in the recent past. For example, after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Canada quickly approved just over 930,000 applications to enter Canada from Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war. As of now, 210,178 have arrived in Canada. More than 45,000 refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in 2021 were also welcomed here, while the Syrian resettlement initiative led to over 40,000 Syrians arriving here Canada.

However, this time the criteria are stricter for Palestinians, such as having relatives who can financially support them during their time in Canada. "What we call a restricted family is really restricted, it's quite limited," said Lamensch. "The process is very demanding (...) it takes time and during this time the families are in danger." So how can we explain what seems to be a different approach by Canada?

Firstly, the regional situation is different. "In some ways, it appears as a slow approach, but I think it's affected by the facts of the situation," said Stephanie Bangarth, professor in History at the University of Western Ontario, who specializes in immigration history and human rights. "One big significant factor in all of this, compared to the other refugee's situation, is the fact that no neighbouring countries are willing to host Palestinian refugees [from Gaza] from where Canada can make more significant attempts to take more refugees."

Ukrainians were, for example, able to take refuge in Poland or elsewhere in the European Union quickly, thanks to the activation of temporary protection, after the start of the 2022 Russian invasion. "Palestinians remain in Gaza where it's extraordinarily difficult to get people out and provide assistance," added Bangarth. Furthermore, many Palestinians worry that if they do enter Egypt, Israel may not allow them to return.

Crossings at the Rafah border post, the exit door from Gaza to Egypt, are very limited, so humanitarian aid is difficult to transport there. Moreover, Egypt, who already has several million refugees, has no desire to welcome more Palestinians on its territory, especially if they are under the influence of Hamas, an emanation of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the sworn enemy of President Abdul Fattah Al-Sissi's regime.

Ottawa also highlights the regional situation. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said by email that "movement out of Gaza remains extremely challenging, and may not be possible as countries and other actors set their own entry and exit requirements." The federal government already said in December that it cannot guarantee safe passage out of the besieged Palestinian territory.

Another fear shared by several experts and countries is that the emigration of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip could be seen as an abandonment of their land. "Palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions permit," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said. "They cannot, they must not be pushed to leave Gaza." Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada also mentioned that its temporary visa program was just that "while the situation in Gaza unfolds and then (they will) return home."

Despite this, calls for greater responsiveness to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza are increasing in Ottawa. The organization 'Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East' describes Ottawa's position as being "racist and inhumane." A recent op-ed in the Toronto Star titled Canada must expand eligibility to welcome Palestinians fleeing the 'Worst Place on Earth' called on Ottawa to review its program, repeating the words of the Global Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, who also described Gaza in October as "one of the worst places on Earth."

"We need to continue to put pressure on the government," said Toronto immigration lawyer Debbie Rachlis, who is also a member of the 'Gaza Family Reunification Project'. "For me," Rachlis added, "this is not enough considering the severity of the conflict and the humanitarian crisis on the ground."

Can the International Court of Justice (IJC) have a meaningful impact on stopping the conflict and supporting the reception of refugees? South Africa has recently made its genocide case against Israel at the IJC. They argued the Israeli attacks on Gaza could amount to genocide. The Israeli government, in-turn, rejected all of the allegations, but if the court rules in favour of South Africa, what impact could it have on the conflict? Arguably, very little.

The ICJ is currently examining South Africa's case and could rule on provisional measures very soon such as ordering Israel to immediately suspend its military operations in Gaza. If it does, the court could then turn its attention to the question of genocide, which could take years before a decision is rendered. No matter, the ICJ has no mechanism to enforce any of its rulings as the international community has already witnessed, when Moscow ignored the court's decision that it cease its military operations in Ukraine.

For now, there is no sign of let-up on Israel's side. The Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, recently and openly encouraged "the migration of residents of Gaza" as a "solution" to the conflict. While calls for a ceasefire are increasing, Ottawa has so far not announced any changes to its Palestinian reception program.

This is not the first time that Canada has faced criticism over its handling of refugees. After the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan in 2021, Ottawa was criticized for its slowness regarding the reception of Afghan refugees and for abandoning Afghans who helped Canada in the past.

Stephanie Bangarth hopes that like at that time Canada will also amend its position for the Palestinians. "Our early response to refugees from Afghanistan who wanted to escape when the Taliban took over started off very, very slowly and seems to have picked up now. In some ways it's a similar situation because of the challenges to take out people who are under the control of the Taliban."

Finally for Marie Lamensch no matter the situation, the lives of civilians should always come first. "If these families want to leave they want to leave, they are in danger. What really matters to me is to protect the Palestinians, it is important to protect civilians."

It's also possible that a recent visit of five Canadian MPs to refugee camps in the occupied West Bank could lead to a change to Canada's overall response to the situation in Gaza. Indeed, the Immigration Minister has said the 1,000 person temporary resident visa cap was not fixed in stone. Still, fixed or not, the messaging, especially for those with families in Gaza, signals a double standard when Canadians know that Canada can and should do better.

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1,000 Palestinian refugees - Surely Canada can do better than that - Open Canada

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Despite the challenges of leaving Gaza, the quota suggests a double standard

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Climate change, fueled by human activities like burning fossil fuels, presents an urgent global challenge with far-reaching consequences, including shifting weather patterns and rising sea levels. Despite international efforts such as the Paris Agreement, current actions fall short of the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Reports from the IPCC stress the critical importance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, requiring rapid and transformative changes across various sectors. International cooperation is essential, but meaningful progress demands commitment and collaboration from all countries and stakeholders. By prioritizing sustainable practices, investing in renewable energy, and implementing adaptation strategies, we can mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change and build a more resilient and equitable future for generations to come.