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May 01, 2012Vivienne Westwood launches war/peace t-shirt in support of climate refugeesRead -
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Mar 30, 2012A step forward by the Human Rights CouncilRead -
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Mar 23, 2012Climate Alert: March 2012Read -
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Mar 14, 2012No Place Like Home: IntroductionReadNo Place Like Home: Introduction
By 2050, there will be an estimated 150 million climate refugees - people forced to leave their homes by droughts, extreme weather patterns and sea level rise associated with climate change. There is no international law designed to protect these most vulnerable people and their needs.
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and Premier Talagi of Niue told EJF about how climate change is affecting their countries.
EJF is calling for international protection for climate refugees. We believe that that there needs to be a legally-binding, international Protocol that identifies and protects these people displaced from their homes by deteriorating environmental conditions. We campaign for a new Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change to be established in the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Human rights should be at the heart of international action on climate change.
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Mar 14, 2012Switch energy supplier to Ecotricity and help EJF protect people and planetRead -
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Mar 12, 2012Grenada and climate change: A Prime Minister's Perspective (long version)ReadGrenada and climate change: A Prime Minister's Perspective (long version)
EJF interviews Tillman Thomas, the Prime Minister of Grenada, about the impacts of climate change that are already being felt in Grenada, and the commitments that countries should make to lower their carbon emissions.
"We need a voice on climate change because we are the most vulnerable," Thomas says. "We feel the impacts of climate change more than the larger nations."
The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Films
Mar 12, 2012A head of state's concern: Premier Talagi, NiueReadA head of state's concern: Premier Talagi, Niue
EJF interviews Premier Talagi of the Pacific island nation of Niue and former Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
Premier Talagi describes how his country is at the forefront of the changes that are already taking place as a result of our changing climate.
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Films
Mar 11, 2012Academic Predictions: Professor Norman Myers, Oxford UniversityReadAcademic Predictions: Professor Norman Myers, Oxford University
Professor Norman Myers of Oxford University, is a well-known environmental scientist specialising in biodiversity. In this video for EJF, he shares his thoughts on environmental impacts of climate change, how environmental degradation affects human migration, and his use of the term "environmental refugees".
The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Mar 10, 2012An Expert's Perspective: Mans Nyber, UNHCRReadAn Expert's Perspective: Mans Nyber, UNHCR
Mans Nyber, head of press and information at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in London, dicusses forced migration and its impacts on the world's most vulnerable people.
The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Mar 09, 2012A Personal View: Emilia Fox, Actor and Patron of EJFReadA Personal View: Emilia Fox, Actor and Patron of EJF
The award-winning British actor and EJF's Patron Emilia Fox shares her thoughts on climate change.
The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Mar 08, 2012A Politician's Perspective: Caroline Lucas MP, Leader of the Green PartyReadA Politician's Perspective: Caroline Lucas MP, Leader of the Green Party
The video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, and UN officials on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Mar 07, 2012An explorer's tale: Benedict Allen, explorer and authorReadAn explorer's tale: Benedict Allen, explorer and author
Part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, UNHCR on migration and climate change curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Mar 06, 2012An advocate's message: Bianca Jagger, Human Rights FoundationReadAn advocate's message: Bianca Jagger, Human Rights Foundation
Part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, academics, UNHCR on migration and climate change curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Films
Mar 05, 2012No Place Like Home: Rising WatersReadNo Place Like Home: Rising Waters
By 2050, million of climate refugees will be forced to leave their homes by droughts, extreme weather patterns and sea level rise. There is no international law designed to protect their needs. EJF talked to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and Premier Talagi of Niue about how climate change is affecting their countries.
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Mar 02, 2012COP15 explainedReadCOP15 explained
At the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, world leaders will make decisions affecting the future of our planet.
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Films
Feb 26, 2012Be a SuperHero!ReadBe a SuperHero!
Superheroes are sent to save the world and we need you!
Join us to walk, run, skip or jump around Regent's Park, Sunday 13th of May 2012.
Register at www. ejfoundation.org/superherorun
Tel: 0207 239 3310Get funding
Choose your costume and run or walk 5km for EJF.
BE A SUPERHERO!!!!
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Films
Feb 22, 2012Tanzania - Where the rain fallsReadTanzania - Where the rain falls
An eight-country study by CARE & UN University to understand rainfall, hunger and human mobility.
Courtesy of CARE International.
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Feb 21, 2012Postcards from the frontlines - How to take partReadPostcards from the frontlines - How to take part
Help protect climate refugees. Send your postcard today.
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Feb 20, 2012Vivienne Westwood's TShirt for EJF at London Fashion WeekRead -
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Feb 06, 2012Jade Parfitt supports the Climate Week T-shirt for EJFReadJade Parfitt supports the Climate Week T-shirt for EJF
Jade Parfitt's message at the photoshoot for the Climate Week T-shirt in support of EJF's No Place Like Home campaign.
People are being forced from their homes and land by deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change. Conditions like creeping desertification, flooding, rising sea levels and more intense extreme weather events. Some will be forced to leave temporarily, others permanently.
EJF believes that there needs to be a new legally-binding instrument identifying and protecting climate refugees.
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Feb 05, 2012KT Tunstall supports the Climate Week T-shirt for EJFReadKT Tunstall supports the Climate Week T-shirt for EJF
KT Tunstall's message at the photoshoot for the Climate Week T-shirt in support of EJF's No Place Like Home campaign.
People are being forced from their homes and land by deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change. Conditions like creeping desertification, flooding, rising sea levels and more intense extreme weather events. Some will be forced to leave temporarily, others permanently.
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Feb 04, 2012Wonderland support the Climate Week T-shirt in support for EJFReadWonderland support the Climate Week T-shirt in support for EJF
Girlband Wonderland's message at the photoshoot for the Climate Week T-shirt in support of EJF's No Place Like Home campaign.
People are being forced from their homes and land by deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change. Conditions like creeping desertification, flooding, rising sea levels and more intense extreme weather events. Some will be forced to leave temporarily, others permanently.
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Feb 02, 2012A legal point of view: Polly Higgins, author and environmental lawyerReadA legal point of view: Polly Higgins, author and environmental lawyer
Part of a series of interviews on migration and climate change curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Feb 02, 2012An advocate's concern: Dr Purna Sen, head of Human Rights Commonwealth SecretariatReadAn advocate's concern: Dr Purna Sen, head of Human Rights Commonwealth Secretariat
EJF interviews Dr Purna Sen, former Head of Human Rights Commonwealth Secretariat, on the human impacts of climate change.
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Feb 02, 2012ENV - My Linh PSAReadENV - My Linh PSA
Vietnamese pop star My Linh urges people not to consume bear parts or bile, raising awareness for the campaign to end the bear trade.
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Dec 08, 2011UN Refugee Agency Chief opens landmark meeting with call for protection for climate refugeesRead -
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Nov 27, 2011Climate change won’t wait, and nor should weRead -
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Oct 31, 2011PechaKucha-inspired EJF event on climate refugeesRead
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Jul 25, 2011Security Council under fire over climate changeRead -
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Jul 08, 2011Secretary of State warns that climate change will increase the threat of warRead -
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Mar 21, 2011Celebrating Climate Week, March 21st – 25th 2011Read -
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Mar 03, 2011EJF brings the issue of climate refugees to the European ParliamentRead
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Feb 18, 2011Designer low carbon t-shirt unveiled for Climate WeekRead -
Reports
Feb 02, 2011Climate change and migration: Forced displacement, ‘climate refugees’ and the need for a new legal instrumentReadEJF is working with our partners to secure a legally-binding, international protocol that can fill the existing gaps in legislation and ensure that the refugee support system evolves within the context of our changing world. This new legal instrument would recognize people displaced by deteriorating environmental conditions associated with climate change as a vulnerable social group, and confer them equivalent but legally distinct protection to that conferred to refugees fleeing persecution under the 1951 Geneva Convention. This briefing outlines specific recommendations for the EU, including the need to systemically link aid and development, environment and migration policies and decision-making.
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Jan 01, 2009No Place Like Home: where next for climate refugees?ReadEJF's No Place Like Home: Where next for climate refugees? report considers how the negative impacts of climate change are impacting on human rights and driving millions of people from their homes and land each year. It puts the call to governments and political leaders to secure a new agreement on climate refugees, guaranteeing them effective enjoyment of their human rights and a fair claim to our shared world.
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Jan 01, 2006Mangroves: Nature's Defence Against TsunamisReadMangroves represent far more than just a ‘bio-shield’. Despite being regarded for many years as ‘wastelands’, ripe for development, it is now known that mangroves provide coastal communities with many services and utilizable products, and perform vital ecosystem functions.
This report concludes that the conversion of mangrove habitat into shrimp farms, tourist resorts, agricultural and urban land over the past decades, as well as destruction of coral reefs, contributed significantly to the catastrophic loss of human lives and settlements during the 2004 tsunami. Conserving and restoring coastal mangrove areas is essential if coastal communities are to recover and be protected from future similar events.
