Migration, News, Policy 3pm by https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k en-us 2022-10-11 08:25:30 UTC 2023-02-24 11:51:43 UTC hello@padlet.com EXAMPLE [translation]Researcher: Global warming by 2 degrees turns billions to refugees danielaparedesgrijalva https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2375105926
-people in the global south lose their livelihoods due to climate change and have to move
-rich countries are not doing enough to mitigate climate change
-The international community should prepare for these developments
QUESTION: Why does climate change generate refugees?
POSSIBLE RESEARCH QUESTION: How does climate change impact livelihoods in XYZ for ABC?]]> 2022-11-08 14:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2375105926 200 million climate-migrants could come in the next 30 years https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396663406
This article in hungarian basically samples a late-2021 report by the World Bank that argues, that provided our emissions don't decrease some 216 million people could be displaced across the globe. Interestingly, the title states that these people 'could come' imply that they are all going to the location of publishing (or maybe rich countries as a broader location), however the quotation the article explicitly states that the vast majority of climate migrants would not leave their home countries, rather they would be internally displaced.
(the peace is published in a liberal, independent online newspaper)

Benedek Kolonics


https://24.hu/kulfold/2021/09/13/migracio-klimavaltozas-klimamenekultek/#
]]> 2022-11-24 10:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396663406 Serbia, Hungary and Austria agree to bolster fight against illegal migrations https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396684361 The title sums up the article pretty well, however, its important to note, that Serbia's decision to end visa-free entry for the citizens of Burundi and Tunisia is hailed by the parties. The border for the balkans route will be effectively moved from the hungaro-serbian border to the serbian-north macedonian, financed and instrumentally supported by Austria. A classic example of how rich countries 'outsource' the migration problem to poorer countries with fewer resources to tackle it.

Benedek Kolonics

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbia-hungary-austria-agree-bolster-fight-against-illegal-migrations-2022-11-16/

]]> 2022-11-24 10:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396684361 How to move a country: Fiji's radical plan to escape rising sea levels https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396904854 -Fiji government has set up taskforce ("SOP") for planning  relocation of communities whose homes will soon be/are already underwater 
-Logistical, financial, political, cultural, spiritual challenges 
Q: What challenges are involved in climate migration within a state? How can governments address these challenges?
Research Question: How do communities respond to altering environmental conditions which imminently threaten their homes?  
Judith Epremian 

]]> 2022-11-24 13:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396904854 Washed away: Climate change is destroying human habitat worldwide. Even in Europe, we are not immune to "climate migration" https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396930545 -explores concept of "European climate refugees"
-argues that term is usually associated with stereotype: “people from Africa, Middle East, South Asia who walk with their last belongings through flooded or devastated landscapes, desperately seeking shelter”
- issues of climate migration, various challenges, multidimensionality
-Eurocentric perspective: is the fear of a “flood of migrants” justified? 
Q: What role does climate migration play for Europe?
Research Question: What are key aspects to consider for  European policy-making when responding to climate migration? 
Judith Epremian
]]> 2022-11-24 14:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2396930545 'Not the result of lobbyists or another country's government': Activists celebrate TPS extension https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398206686 This new is about the extension of the TPS (Temporary Protected Status) in the U.S. The TPS is a permit to work legally in the US to people coming from countries that are being devastated by natural disasters or wars. In 2018, Donald Trump's government revoked TPS renewal to persons from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haití, Sudán y Nepal. After months of political pressure from the affected communities, on november 11, the U.S. administration extended the validity of the program by 18 months, which was set to expire on December 31 and now expires on June 30, 2024. However, "the leaders of this movement are clear that the struggle is not over" as they are seeking for the permanent residency and they are aware of the ease with which an administration withdraws its protection.

Questions:
- Who is responsible for TPS extension?
- How do affected communities for TPS revocation feel about the extension?
-What are their goals now?

Paola Jiménez de León]]> 2022-11-25 18:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398206686 Women, the most affected by the climate crisis in Central America's Dry Corridor. https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398215886 According to a study made by Oxfam, women are the most affected by the effects of the climate crisis in the Central American Dry Corridor (a region in Central America characterized by extreme climatic conditions) due to the conditions of poverty and gender inequality in which they live. For example, when natural disasters cause crop losses, women are usually the first responsibles for ensuring the survival of families and providing them access to water, food, among others. In adittion, women are the ones who perform the greatest proportion of household and care tasks.

Questions: 
-How is the gender equation regarding the climate crisis in the Central American Dry Corridor?
-Why are women the most affected by the effects of the climate crisis in the Central American Dry Corridor?

Paola Jiménez de León]]> 2022-11-25 19:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398215886 How climate migrants can help power the clean economy https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398314173 The article makes the case for more legal migration to sustain economic growth in high income countries:
-Migration can help to compensate for labour shortages in high-income counties with shrinking populations (Canada is discussed exemplarily) 
-During the transition towards a clean economy, many green-economy sectors will face even greater labour shortages
-High income/industrialised states should enable more migration by proactively creating legal pathways especially in areas facing increased vulnerability due to climate change
The argument itself could be considered valuable (if ur not in the degrowth camp). It can be used to counter xenophobic fear of migration by arguing that it is actually beneficial for 'us' because it secures economic growth. At the same time, this pure receiving country perspective reduces individual human beings, migrating for various reasons to far away places, to a labour force. 

Q: Is migration beneficial for receiving countries?

RQ: What impact does emigration of skilled labour force in country/region xyz have on the structure and organisation of local/national economies?

Luis Willis

]]> 2022-11-26 00:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398314173 From WA to Alaska, coastal tribes face displacement with insufficient financial help https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398319948 https://crosscut.com/news/2022/04/wa-alaska-coastal-tribes-face-displacement-insufficient-financial-help

This article tells the story of the Yup’ik people who have to leave their 'native lands' due to its erosion caused by rising sea levels. It tells their story, their struggle with politicians and the bureaucracy to organise the migration of their people to another place suitable for living the way they want to. Thereby, this piece demonstrates the importance of including the communities affected by disaster, climate change... in the process of deciding which measures to take in order to mitigate their hardship. 

Q: How does the Yup'ik community perceive the measurements taken by state authorities to relocate their village?

RQ: How does the relocation of the Yup'ik community to a place outside of their 'ancestral lands' influence their cultural practices? 

Luis Willis]]> 2022-11-26 00:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398319948 [translation]Migration: is the world ready for massive displacements of people due to climate change? https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398621041 -in 2022 the number of people forced to migrate due to climate change will reach 100 million, this number only keeps growing
-destination countries frequently do not accept migrants and leave dozens of people seeking help to die at their borders
-the population keeps growing especially in the places that are likely to be affected most by climate change
-migrants contribute around 10% to global GDP
Question: With regard to these future prospects, are national borders an outdated and adverse concept?
Research Question: To what extent do national borders influence the dynamics of global climate migration?
Hannah Müller]]> 2022-11-26 15:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398621041 [translation]COP27: what will become of the states and populations doomed to be swallowed up by the waters? https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398633460 -especially small island states like Tuvalu are directly threatened by rising sea levels
-representatives of presently threatened regions call upon world leaders for increased climate protection at the cop27 summit
-living alternatives, like floating cities, are sought for the population of unsalvageable regions
Question: Which living space alternatives are most effective in saving nations who lose their land to climate change?
Research Question: Are living space alternatives, like floating cities, a viable alternative to climate migration?

Hannah Müller]]> 2022-11-26 15:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398633460 Tuvalu could disappear into the sea within this century. It is already becoming unlivable. What happens to the inhabitants? evaaarts1 https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398772180 Author: Meike Wijers
  • written within the context of the Sharm-el-Sheikh COP
  • interviews 3 Tuvaluan migrants that have moved to Auckland, some 24 years ago others more recent 

There are two main ideas in the article: 
  • the Tuvaluan people living abroad missing their island (nature, culture, specifically, the sea)
  • the feeling insecurity of what will happen with their identities with the island physically dissapearing. 

Questions: 
- What is happening with Tuvaluan citizens that have migrated to Auckland, New Zealand? 
- How is it for these migrants to see the current and coming climate disasters on their island?

link: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/11/11/tuvalu-vanuatu-kiribati-wat-gebeurt-met-de-inwoners-van-een-land-dat-in-zee-verdwijnt-a4147999

Eva Aarts
]]> 2022-11-26 22:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398772180 Threatened by sea level rise: doing nothing is not an option evaaarts1 https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398775016 Author: Bob van Huët
Date: 10.11.22

  • written after a dutch ambassador visited the island Tonga and was interviewed about the importance of action 
  • 600.000 people will become climate refugees from the Indian and Pacific Ocean
  • Articles tries to point out the urgency of the crises 
  • talks about the potential role of the Netherlands in dealing with the crisis that sea level rise will cause on smaller islandes, for example in the combatting of salinization of groundwater and other solutions only focused on technological innovation 
  • The Netherlands will lead a waterconference in New York talking also about solution for the Indian and Pacific Ocean

Question 
  • What is the Dutch state doing to help smaller island states adapt to the sea level rise threats in the Indian and pacific ocean?
  • Why is rising sea level a problem? 

link: https://www.parool.nl/wereld/bedreigd-door-de-stijgende-zeespiegel-niets-doen-is-geen-optie~b22e6270/

Eva Aarts
]]> 2022-11-26 22:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398775016 Climate change is forcing Kenyan women to leave their homes behind https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398776836
-          The article tells the story of Susan Akal, Rebecca Loro and Agnes Loro, three Kenyan women who had to leave their homes due to severe droughts or stayed while family members left (internal displacement, (im)mobilities)
-          Shows how (even internal) migration dramatically affects the lives of the (non)migrating women (family separation, more care work, taking over traditional men’s work in addition to care work, building a new life and finding new work, can often not leave – women and elderly people are often left behind, isolation, mental health problems, loss of identity)
-          Shows how women and elderly women are affected by the climate crisis in a particular way (intensifying marginalisations - intersectionality)
-          Highlights women’s agency and refuses the narrative of women “needing to be saved”

QUESTION: How are women in Kenya affected by migration due to the climate crisis?

POSSIBLE RESEARCH QUESTION: From an intersectional perspective, what is the role of women in environmental migration in Kenya and how are they affected by it?

Sarah Nowak
]]> 2022-11-26 22:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398776836 Germanys climate refugees https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398777262
-          The article tells the story of a family who have left their home after the 2021 flooding out of fear that it would happen again
-          Shows that there are different ways of reacting to environmental disasters (migration or hope/preparation/forgetting)
-          The family in the article regards themselves as climate refugees

QUESTIONS: Are the people who left the Ahrtal after the flooding in 2021 German climate refugees?
How do people in Germany react to environmental disasters? 

POSSIBLE RESEARCH QUESTIONS: What are the defining characteristics of climate/environmental migration? What types of environmental migration do exist?

Sarah Nowak
]]> 2022-11-26 22:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398777262 Climate change will force up to 113m people to relocate within Africa by 2050 rowancarew https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398996609
  • People expected to move elsewhere for better opportunities in the face of climate change will rise from 1.5% of Africa's population today to 5% by 2050 - representing 113 million people.
  • Most climate migration will take place within countries. "Cross-border climate mobility" is expected to reach 1.2 million people by 2050, a small proportion of the total 11-12 million people migrating across borders in Africa.
  • Climate change is negatively affecting economic opportunity in Africa. A study is cited showing that between 1991-2010, GDP per capita was 13.6% lower than it could have been were climate change not a factor. The agricultural, education and healthcare sectors will be badly impacted.
  • Coastal areas are expected to be hit hard. In the Horn of Africa, 9% of the total population could be forced to migrate.
  • Climate change affects the most vulnerable. Migration is an option of last resort which is only available to those with the financial and physical means of doing so. Those who cannot move risk becoming stranded, starving or forcefully evacuated.
  • The article discusses a number of actions. These include top-down and bottom-up solutions. The former refer to a proactive welfare state, financial investment into mitigation projects, protection for those moving, and a strategy to help those who must relocate. Bottom-up solutions involve community-led responses to lessen the impact of climate change, develop disaster-response mechanisms and co-operatively manage local natural resources.

    QUESTION:
  • What policies can African states adopt to support those expected to migrate due to Climate Change? In particular, how are disaster-relief funds raised & distributed, and what protections are offered to people who are on the move?

    • Rowan Carew


    ]]>     2022-11-27 11:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2398996609     Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger due to government failures to invest in preventive infrastructure rowancarew https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399011650
  • Floods in 2022 have devasted West Africa, particularly agricultural regions in Cameroon and Nigeria.
  • Rice fields have been badly damaged, and 14,000 farms have been destroyed. 
  • More than 100,000 Nigerians have been forced to live in shelters. 
  • Several public health risks have arisen, including the continuation of spreading Cholera.
  • Factors exacerbating the crisis include poor drainage networks, dam management and a lack of state preparation.
  • According to the latest IPCC report, Africa accounts for 17% of the global population and 3.8% of emissions. Call for richer nations who emit more to assist. The 2009 target to provide US$100 billion annually was never met.

    • QUESTIONS
    • What land-management solutions should be invested in to protect critical sectors (e.g. agriculture)? Can these be combined with ecological solutions (e.g. impact of rewilding strategies making soil 67 times more water absorbant).
    • Which infrastructure needs to be upgraded to make it more resilient, and how can richer nations support these projects?

    Rowan Carew

    ]]>     2022-11-27 11:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399011650     Environmental migrants: the human face of climate change in South America laucoral98 https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399413152 Author: Marcelo Pisani (19.Jul.2022)   
    -Between 1998 and 2020, 312,000 people died and more than 277 million individuals were impacted by climatic and geophysical events in LAC.
    -  Risks are aggravated by inequality, poverty, population growth, settlement at high-risk sites, exploitation of natural resources, among other factors.
    -   Climate change has a clear influence on human mobility in the region, particularly within country borders 
    -  Climate Week was held in the Dominican Republic in July, among technical discussions, the need to highlight the human face of climate change was bought to the table. 
    -  Efforts to prevent forced migration should be complemented by the development of safe and regular migration pathways for individuals affected by sudden and gradual disasters.
    -  Countries in the region have started to look for solutions and strategies, but efforts should not cease to ensure Human Rights protection. Climate negotiations are a fundamental space for discussion to integrate the migration issue
    -   Climate migrations in South America are as varied as the circumstances in which they are produced. All these movements remind us that urgent action is needed to improve policies and to be more ambitious and forceful in dealing with the consequences of climate change.

    Questions:
    -> What are the human impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean?
    ->What has been the (policy) reaction of countries towards climate migration and what is the way forward? 
    (Laura Coral)



    ]]>     2022-11-28 00:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399413152     The century of climate migration: why we need to plan for the great upheaval https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399847072 The questions posed in the article range from more utopian and holistic questions, such as how a sustainable world could look, to more concrete, such as the introduction of regional and global free movement agreements. 

    It broadly discusses how climate change will affect different countries and drive climate migration. Here, the article frames migration as a solution to local disparities (droughts, flooding) induced by the climate crisis. As such, it advocates introducing policies which favour and generate safe migration due to climate change. Possible unwillingness to migrate due to climate change is not considered/mentioned in the article …

    Elisabeth Drahoss


    ]]>     2022-11-28 08:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399847072     The global North has a responsibility: We need a climate passport for climate refugees https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399904038 One main idea: Citizens of island states threatened by climate change should be the first ones eligible for a climate passport that allows them to migrate safely.

    Questions the article answers: 

    • Why does the climate crisis pose moral questions of responsibility and justice?
    • How should the global North respond to the coming climate refugee crisis, given its ecological debt?
    • Which citizens should be the first to make use of such a climate passport?

      by Maie Klingenberg
    ]]>     2022-11-28 09:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399904038     How AI can help us better prepare for climate Migration https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399913026 (not really a news piece but I wanted to post it anyway because it's so controversial :o)

    Questions the article addresses: 
    • How can AI help predicting migration flows in the wake of environmental disasters? 
    • How can AI facilitate bureaucratic processes (identification!) when people are dislocated? 
    • How can AI help with the large-scale relocation of people? 
    • Why is the implementation of AI potentially risky?

      by Maie Klingenberg
    ]]>     2022-11-28 09:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2399913026     Middle East: towards millions of people displaced by climate change? https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400721326 -People from Middle Eastern, and North African countries are at higher risk of being displaced due to climate change and increased natural disasters. These hazards are making it increasingly more difficult to live in cities or countries where climate change is causing havoc to their lives, and livlihoods. In 2021, Africa saw almost 3 million people leave their homes because of climate change, and it's predicted that by 2050, if nothing is done, there will be more than 216 million climate migrants. In Egypt, they say that climate change could be responsible for wiping out half of the agricultural sector, which is a huge factor for many people migrating from African countries.

    Question: What are some of the biggest implications of climate change for people from Africa or the middle east, espcecially related to the various economic systems?

    Ambroise Centelles]]>     2022-11-28 18:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400721326     Climate migrants flee Iraq’s parched rural south, but cities offer no refuge https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400774959 The United Nations describes Iraq as the fifth most vulnerable country to the climate change. In the Southern part of Iraq people cannot cultivate the land because of the extreme heat. People sell their livestock in rural and move to big cities, such as Basra, for their survival. After their migration, they live in suburbs of the city where there is no water nor electricity and they are not able to access schools and hospitals. The economic situation is also already very bad for locals, and they think that migration makes it even worse.
    Question: Do the interactions of locals and migrants differ depending on the society?

    Possible research question: How does the economic situation of the destination country affect the relationship between locals and migrants?

    Kemal Burç Avcı]]>     2022-11-28 19:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400774959     Climate Migration: Filipino families to flee amid typhoons https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400820488 5 million people were displaced from their homes after the Haiyan Typhoon in Philippines in 2013. After the disaster, government announced a 3.79 billion dollars of reconstruction project. However, reconstruction was not easy for this impoverished country. Lots of people died, people lost their beloved ones and survivals lived in very bad conditions for months. 

    Question: Is it fair that people in some regions of the world are exposed to extensive amount of natural disasters, although they do not result these disasters?

    Possible research question: How does the level of economic development of a country effect the vulnerability of people against natural disasters?

    Kemal Burç Avcı

    ]]>     2022-11-28 19:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400820488     Louisiana Communities Show the Many Contours of Climate Migration https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400944386
  • Forced climate migration is becoming more prevalent along the US Gulf Coast, and it both disproportionately impacts BIPOC folks and exacerbates existing social inequalities.
  • Community organizers are increasingly advocating for climate-displaced people, providing resources, and increasing community resiliency. 
  • Currently, there is no legal framework that includes climate change as a driver for migration, making the pathway for many international climate refugees to gain asylum more difficult.
  • We must facilitate migration with dignity for those who must move, and support those who want to stay, too.
    • Question:
    • What are community organizers doing in light of increased climate-induced migration along the US Gulf Coast?
    • What are the legal hurdles to climate refugees seeking asylum?
    • How can we support climate migrants?
    Taylor Black
    ]]>     2022-11-28 21:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400944386     Climate migration: How one Alaska village resists despite threats https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400954377
  • In Shishmaref, Alaska, the Indigenous Inupiat community is resisting migration despite climate threats, like rising seas, erosion, melting ice, etc., in part because they have such strong ties to the land and region.
  • They rely on their environment for their livelihoods and survival, including hunting, arts & crafts, and education.
  • The Inupiat people have maintained their traditional lifestyle for thousands of years, but it is threatened by climate change.
    • Question:
    • Why doesn't the community living in Shishmaref, Alaska, migrate, given the threats of climate change? What is tying them to their environment?
    Taylor Black
    ]]>     2022-11-28 21:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2400954377     Canada must prepare for climate change refugees - The nation's economy may just depend on it kassandraf https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401335342 Questions:
    - How will climate change alter ecosystems around the world in the next few decades and what will the implications be for the habitability of the affected places?
    - In which ways will Canada be affected by these ecosystem changes due to climate change?
    - What adaptation strategies will be necessary to accommodate internal as well as 'international' climate migrants in Canada?

    Kassandra Friedrichs]]>     2022-11-29 04:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401335342     Climate-related migration is on the rise in North America as extreme weather prompts people to move kassandraf https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401371160 Questions:
    - What is a 'climate refugee' and what are the dimensions of cross-border climate migration?
    - How are North American countries affected by climate change and (im)mobilities connected with it?
    - How are Californian cities trying to become more resilient to extreme weather events?

    (Better) Research Questions:
    - When and in what contexts did the term 'climate refugee' originate? What are the meanings different groups of people associate with it? What views do environmental migrants have on the term? How do they refer to themselves?
    - How are North American countries affected by climate change and (im)mobilities connected with it? (leave it as it is)
    - What approaches do local governments in California employ for adapting to extreme weather events? Who benefits from these approaches? Which perspectives do they leave out?]]>     2022-11-29 05:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401371160     Climate Migration: Indian kids find hope in a new language https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401830045 The article tries to show the experience of climate migration by the perspective of the migrants. Therefore the experience of the family Islam with father Jaidul, mother Pinjira, son Raju and daughter Jerifa is shown. Because of severe floods they migrated from the countryside in the North East of India to the South to the city of Bangalore.

    The article shows the difficulties of the family Islam not only migrate to a new place, but also to learn a new language in that place. 

    The two children learn the language relatively fast, especially younger children or when there is a support system. The success of learning the language helps the children to integrate and it is also a personal success and motivates them.

    However, it has to be mentioned that the drop-out rate from school for migrants children is significantly higher.

    For the parents it is a more difficult situation as learning the language is more difficult for them for various reasons. They try to find jobs in the informal service sector and care a lot for their children. The well-being of the children is central to them.

    The article answers the question:
    What is the motivation for people affected by climate change to migrate and why do they choose the places they are going to? How is the experience for children, especially if they have to learn a new language? How is the experience for the parents? What kinds of jobs do they find and how do they care for their children?

    Julian Tito]]>     2022-11-29 12:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401830045     Why the conversation about climate change and migration needs to change https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401882037
  • The article aims to show how the mainstream narrative regarding climate change and migration have been framed in a highly negative and exaggerated manner. 
  • The piece also emphasizes the necessity to shift to a new conversation that reflects the historical and structural contexts affecting environmental migration and its implication to the Global North.

    • Questions:
    • Why the conversation about climate change and migration needs to change?
    • Why has the narrative been framed in such an exaggerated and negative way?
    • What we can focus on instead to create a new conversation?

    Anudari Gunbaatar 
    ]]>     2022-11-29 13:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401882037     [Translated] Climate migration https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401886670
  •  The article sheds light on the internal migrants in the Ningxia state in China, wherein the locals living in environmentally deteriorated regions of Xihaigu are given “an ultimatum” by the government to move to northern regions in the state to break the so-called PPE cycle – poverty, population, and environment cycle. 
  • The area of origin of the migrants are an important region for water and soil conservation, as well as preventing the spread of desertification. Therefore, it is particularly important to restore and protect the ecology in the region.
  • For the environmental restoration to take place, the government is expecting entire villages to relocate. To ensure efficient relocation, they are also planning to carry out demolition of villages; villages not able to relocate entirely would need to relocate at least part of its population. 
  • However, the relocation plan is not efficient in integrating migrants to their newly located regions, where industrial sector is more developed than the agricultural, which poses a huge challenge of skill-mismatch for the migrants and demand and supply discrepancy for the labor market.
  • Migrants express a feeling of frustration with the government plan, as well as uselessness within the new community, as most of them come from an agricultural background and do not fulfill the eligibility criteria (e.g., high school completion or literacy) to work in the manufacturing sector. The authors point out this increases the risk of migrants returning home or being pushed into poverty. 
    •  
    Questions:
    • How is poverty and environmental vulnerability connected in the rural northwest region of China? 
    • Is the State’s approach in relocating local villagers without structural support effective in fighting poverty? 

      Anudari Gunbaatar
    ]]>     2022-11-29 13:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401886670     Climate change will make it harder for world’s poorest to migrate, study says https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401892805 https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-will-make-it-harder-for-worlds-poorest-to-migrate-study-says/

    Question the articles responds to: 
    - How does climate change (CC) affect individuals mobility, in turn determined by economic resources, when impacted by CC-related events? 
    - How, then, does 'resource-constrained (im)mobility' affect migration patterns in the context of CC? 

    Samuel Singer]]>     2022-11-29 13:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401892805     Environmental migrants: the human face of climate change in South America https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401909392 Between 1998 and 2020 in Latin America and Caribbean more than 300.000 people died and more than 227 million people were affected by climate change induced phenomena.

    The situation of (potential) climate migrants is complex and highly dependent on contextual factors as inequality, poverty, population density, exploitation of natural resources...

    In July 2022 the UNFCCC organized the Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

    This was a good opportunity for social actors from different societies to discuss some questions, which were also discussed in this article:

    How is the process of climate mitigation and adaption working? How can it be improved?
    What role should play the international community?
    Which role for the development of the left/target regions does climate migration play?
    Which role do safe migrants routes play?
    How can the voice of the migrants be incorporated in climate/migration policies?

    Julian Tito]]>     2022-11-29 13:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401909392     "Climate denial is waning on the right. What's replacing it might be just as scary" https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401912241 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/21/climate-denial-far-right-immigration
    Questions the article sets out to answer: 
    - How is the far right's climate denial replaced with a fearmongering climate migrants narrative? 
    - How does this emergent narrative relate to eco-facist and 'blood and soil' theory? 
    - How does this narrative play out at the political party level? 

    Samuel Singer ]]>     2022-11-29 13:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2401912241     The century of climate migration: why we need to plan for the great upheaval https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402071011 This article seeks to answer questions such as:
    - How can we organise cities in an optimal way, to support more people who are displaced, but in a way which still maintains our lifestyles
    - What are the solutions of infratstructure, as climate change necessitates more people to migrate to more livable places every year?
    -From where do we build our notions of borders, nationalities, and cultural norms?
    -What is the current anti-migrant approach, and what are the multiple facets associated with this?
    -How could environmental migrants support their 'ageing nation' crisis?

    Research question:
    How can we build a more positive and shared worldview on migration, in order to leapfrog towards the necessary policies to support environmental migration?

    This article reveals the current situation and future outlook of natural disasters being caused by climate change, as well as what migration will look like, as certain places in the world become more and more unliveable. It addresses specific approaches which would need to be pursued in order to deal with the benefits and challenges of migration, as we expect to see increasing populations of cities. It also pays reference to Benedict Andersons' "Imagined Communities", giving us an historical glimpse into why we view migraton the way we do, and how we should try to adjust our worldview.

    Ambroise Centelles]]>     2022-11-29 15:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402071011     How Climate Change is forcing Kenyan women to leave their homes behind https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402092115 This article tells the story of several Kenyan women, forced to migrate due to the effects of severe droughts exacerbated through climate change. The article focuses on the fates of the women especially who are affected especially by the consequences of climate change. I believe the article aims to answer several questions:

    -What effects do climate crisis caused catastrophes have women today?

    -Is the global north political narrative correct or too simplistic/alarmist?

    -What are the consequences of forced internal migration for the people affected?

    -Is there evidence that climate change is causing the migration?

    -Are women/elderly more vulnerable to the consequences of climate change?

    -Are those able to migrate luckier than those who remain behind?

    -Are women’s voices and needs heard and recognized by those in power?

    -What should be done by policymakers?

    (Olivia)
    ]]>     2022-11-29 15:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402092115     ‘Climate migration is rising — but ‘home’ remains very dear to the displaced' https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402095092 This piece answers the questions:
    - Which factors cause climate migration?
    - Which parts of the world are facing the most environmental stress, causing displacement?
    - How do social inequalities shape migration?

    Siwar Ortiz Guzman]]>     2022-11-29 15:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402095092     How to move a country: Fiji's radical plan to escape rising sea levels https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402100667 This article tells the story of communities in Fiji, which have had to relocate due to the consequences of climate change. It outlines the government's relocation plans generally but mostly focuses on the specific consequences for the communities affected. I belive the article attempts to answer the following questions:

    How could a country that is threatened by the sea level rise find a relocation solution for whole communities?
           -Is this feasible for other countries as well?
     
    -Why do they need to relocate?

    -What are the challenges?
      
    -Why didn’t the communities adapt instead? 

    -How do the relocated persons feel about this? 

    -Who is actually involved in the relocation

    -What are mistakes to learn from?
           -Where do these mistakes come from? 

    -What are the specific difficulties for the villagers after relocation? 

    (Olivia)



    ]]>     2022-11-29 15:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402100667     "Its about real people, not just numbers" https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402170421 https://www.diepresse.com/6187856/sarah-l-nash-es-geht-um-menschen-nicht-um-zahlen


    Author: Cornelia Grobner
    Published: 13.09.2022


    - The article discusses the challenges climate change and climate migration poses. The author also talks about the fact that climate refugees are already normalised and it doesn't shock people anymore that people have to flee because of the adverse effects of climate change.


    Question: 

    Which country is used as an example by the author concerning recent events leading to people fleeing their homes? 

    What is criticised by the author?


    Lena Linortner




    ]]>     2022-11-29 16:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402170421     Canada doesn’t appear to have a plan to welcome climate migrants https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402188563 - Do 'developed' countries recognize liability for climate induced displacement of people in 'developing' countries?
    - What obstacle the legal definition of climate refugee poses for migrants looking for it?
    - What complementary actions to financial compensation should 'developed' countries advance to address climate migration?

    Siwar Ortiz Guzman]]>     2022-11-29 16:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402188563     Indigenous people, women and young people are suffering the most, according to migration expert https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402192014 https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000136758517/migrationsexperte-hurtado-indigene-frauen-und-junge-menschen-leiden-am-staerksten

    - Key topic: climate injustice with a particular focus on Guatemala 

    - Head of the initiative "Asociación Pop No'j" is interviewed about the consequences of climate change, factors that worsen issues related to climate change & climate migration.

    Questions: 
    What are the consequences of climate change in Guatemala? 

    How do the consequences of climate change affect indigenous people in Guatemala ? 

    Lena Linortner


    ]]>     2022-11-29 16:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402192014     Landslide kills 14 people attending funeral in Cameroon https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402258668 Question answered: When/who/where/what of the incident, cause: heavy rains
    Not answered: Is CC to blame? Are events like these a cause for migration?

    Julia Gershenzon]]>     2022-11-29 17:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402258668     Flooding on the Fiji Islands: How do you move an entire country? https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402291737 "Climate migration has begun - at least in the Pacific. In Fiji, 42 villages will have to be relocated in the next five to ten years because they will otherwise be under water. Six villages have already been relocated."
    Fiji is unique for being the first country to have a tangible resettlement plan for which they were confronted by the questions of whether and when to leave, where to build, and who would pay.

    This news piece tries to answer the question in the title relating to Fiji's specific situation as one of the first countries, according to the author, to face the immediate need for relocation due to CC.

    Julia Gershenzon]]>     2022-11-29 17:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402291737     Europe's south offers a warm welcome to energy migrants https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402305797 Why are some Europeans migrating South to Portugal, Spain and Greece and are they doing this permanently?

    Is the huge energy crisis plaguing Europe an opportunity?

    Julia Gershenzon]]>     2022-11-29 17:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402305797     Planned climate migration: how to stay ahead of sea level rise laucoral98 https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402357128 Author: Martin Kübler (o4.07.22)
    -Billions of individuals will have lost their homes to the climate crisis by the end of the century. Some regions are already seeking solutions for climate refugees.

    - There are examples in the US were planned mobilization has been a strategy. But this is not an easy measure to realize, and bureaucratic efforts are huge. Also, it may increase present social inequalities and have a social and psychological toll.

    -Other nations like Kiribati (islands) have a more extreme impact and may need to migrate abroad. This government has bought land in Fiji and is developing training programs with Australia and New Zealand, to provide their citizens with the skills needed to find work

    - Another strategy is the renaturation of former residential areas to create a "natural buffer against future storms and flooding."

    Question: 
    -> What examples can be found on how nations are seeking solutions to stay ahead of sea level rise and its consequent human mobilization?

    (Laura Coral)


    ]]>     2022-11-29 18:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402357128     Prepare for mass migration to cities in climate crisis, UK mayors warn https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402385453 The article argues that cities must be supported in preparing for an in increase in migration, due to the climate crisis.

    -  Based on a report being commissioned by the mayor migration council, produced by researchers from NYU and Colombia and launched by the UN, they call for immediate action to be taken to address the causes and human costs of forced migration due to the climate crisis
    - Cities are key to fighting the causes, as 50% of the world live in densely populated areas  and can contribute by supporting green economic paths
    -migrants can aid green transition
    -nevertheless investment needed to prepare infrastructure and services to prepare cities for climate related migration
    -recommends to involve climate migrants in the green transition of cities. 

    What is the role of cities in mitigating the climate crisis and possible forced migration?


    Maximilian Winkin]]>     2022-11-29 18:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402385453     What if your country disappeared? Nation mulls digital existence as sea waters rise https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402404712 The article discusses possible solutions for a continuing existence of the island nation of Tuvalu, without its own territory.

    - Seeking legal security for the continuing existence of the nation
    - trying to reach an accord with the international community 
    - Idea of creating a digital nation --> Virtual recreation of Tuvalu in the metaverse
    - legal framework to avert the entire population becoming stateless once all islands are submerged by water
    - Buying land on the Fiji islands to create a climate refuge (Nation of Kiribati)
    - Two people from Kiribati attempted to get refuge status in New Zealand and were rejected, as there was supposedly no legal basis for claiming refuge based on climate reasons

    How can the disappearance of an entire culture be averted?

    Maximilian Winkin]]>     2022-11-29 18:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402404712     Why the conversation about climate change and migration needs to change https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402420429
    The article discusses central public narratives concerning displacement due to climate change throughout the last few years. It raises important misconceptions that are often portrayed in the media, for example, that climate-influenced migration happens internationally and not within countries (borders). 


    Q: 
    What is the narrative of framing migration due to climate change in the public? 

    Can you isolate climate change as a driver in displacement or does the latter interact with other factors as well? 

    Elisabeth Drahoss

    ]]>     2022-11-29 18:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402420429     I’m a climate refugee. I feel guilty that I escaped while my family remains in danger https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402506627 This first person column published by CBC News is written by Rubaiyat Karim. She tells the story of her and her family's lives which have been heavily influenced by the impacts of climate change. 

    Her family is from Dhaka, Bangladesh and moved to Los Angeles, in part for economic reasons, but also to escape the political unrest that is largely fueled by the increasingly intense and frequent monsoons in Dhaka. She moved away from Los Angeles to escape the frequent forest fires. Her mother's health suffered especially from the low air quality, so her parents decided to move back to Dhaka. She has decided not to return to Dhaka herself because she is not optimistic about the future existence of much of the city.

    The lives and health of her family has been impacted strongly by these climate-related problems, so she cares quite deeply about these issues and worries for her family living in Dhaka. 

    She sees the responsibility with wealthy nations like Canada with large greenhouse gas emissions to curb these to reduce the number of people who might end up as climate refugees as well.

    Questions:
    What is it like to be a climate refugee?
    What forms of loss might climate refugees experience?
    Why do some climate refugees (not) return?
    How do climate refugees feel toward those who remain, especially family members?
    How can being a climate refugee shape how seriously a person takes issues of climate change?
    Who is responsible for combatting climate change?

    -Susanna Eiselt]]>     2022-11-29 19:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402506627     Rising water pushes planned migration https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402569956 The article by Martin Kuebler describes how many governments are planning to resettle those who live in areas that may soon become submerged in water due to rising sea levels. This "managed retreat" is described as an alternative to pushing back the coastline (as done in the Netherlands) that is increasingly a serious consideration for many communities.

    The article gives an overview of the action taken by various governments around the world, showcasing that the problem of rising sea-levels affects many globally. It describes the plans set up by governments so far. For example in the United States where in response to disasters like hurricane Katrina and the superstorm Sandy states have subsidized resettlement programs to move people out of at-risk areas. Resettlement is more tricky for countries like Kiribati, which is projected to become submerged entirely. The government has bought land abroad for possible resettlement and is focused on educating its citizens to make migration abroad easier in the future.

    They outline some of the issues faced in all of these cases and highlight that the willingness and means of those affected to resettle is key.

    Questions:
    Who is at risk due to climate change?
    Is resettlement a feasible option for mitigating the effects of climate change?
    How are governments planning to resettle their citizens?
    In what circumstances is it feasible to resettle people living in at-risk areas?
    -Susanna Eiselt]]>     2022-11-29 20:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402569956     When Fishers Become Truckers [Translation] https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402634377 Abstract: Over the last years, almost five million people had to leave the coastal regions of Bangladesh due to the implications of the climate crisis. In 30 years, [this number] will be up to 25 million. (Montu, 2022) [Translation]

    • The climate crisis leads to the displacement of people in Bangladesh's coastal regions through typhoons, rising sea levels, flash floods, and the erosion of river banks (Montu, 2022, para. 4).
    • People who are displaced by the climate crisis relocate first to neighboring places but ultimately often end up in cities' slums. There, they face unemployment and poverty.
    • Most of the displaced people that are now living in the slums of the country's capital Dhaka want to return to the placed that they were displaced from.

    QUESTION: How does the climate crisis affect people living in the coastal regions of Bangladesh?

    POSSIBLE RESEARCH QUESTION: How does the forced work migration of their family members affect women's position in Bangladesh's society?

    Matriculation number: 1350671
    ]]>     2022-11-29 22:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402634377     Port in a storm: the trailblazing town welcoming climate refugees in Bangladesh https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402651593 Abstract: "The river town of Mongla is leading the way in a project to resettle people in a region decimated by extreme weather" (Ahmed & Choat, 2022)

    • As the climate crisis leads to ever more migration within Bangladesh, one coping strategy is the direction of migration flows from the capital of Dhaka towards smaller urban areas.
    • The article highlights Mongla, one of the towns identified as a potential destination for these migration flows. Mongla has seen infrastructure improvements over the last years, leading to more resilience towards the climate crisis.
    • In Mongla, divisions between people who lived there before and those migrating to the city play out along class divisions. Local politics wants to actively counter this issue.

    QUESTION: What distinguishes the places that people are migrating to when they are forced to migrate within Bangladesh?

    POSSIBLE RESEARCH QUESTION: Which effect do the efforts of local politicians in Mongla, Bangladesh have when they are trying to counter divisions within their community that can be linked to migration?

    Matriculation number: 1350671
    ]]>     2022-11-29 22:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maddalenalandi/y3a1wtnzd855vc6k/wish/2402651593