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High and Dry

EJF looks at water footprints with a focus on water in cotton production and the demise of the Aral Sea which shrunk to 10% of its former volume due to irresponsible cotton production in the region.

No 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.

An 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.

A 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.

A 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.

An 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.

COP15 explained

At the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, world leaders will make decisions affecting the future of our planet.

Cotton: Have you picked yours carefully?

Over two thirds of the world’s cotton is grown in developing countries and the former Soviet Union. Valued at over $32 billion every year, global cotton production should be improving lives. But this "white gold" too often brings misery.

With thanks to sound studio 4AM Productions.

Plunder of the Oceans - EJF at the Frontline Club

(Audio only)

EJF's Ocean Campaigner Andy Hickman speaks at the Frontline Club on the 7th June. Short film screening of Deadly Catch, followed by a discussion with an expert panel and audience Q&A. Chaired by Tom Clarke, science correspondent Channel 4 News. Domitilla Senni, policy adviser to the Pew Environment Group since 2006. John Pearce is a Senior Consultant at MRAG Ltd.

One of the single biggest factors in ocean degradation is overfishing. Fish stocks have declined dramatically, with as much as 90% of big fish gone in some parts of the global ocean. More than one billion people rely on fish as their main source of protein globally. As catches decline and quotas and rules are tightened in response, there has been a huge increase in illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) or “pirate” fishing.

Pirate fishing is estimated to make up almost one-fifth of the global catch, and respects neither national boundaries nor international attempts to manage ocean resources. The recent seizure of £4 million worth of seafood in the Spanish port of Las Palmas, allegedly caught illegally in west African waters and headed for dinner tables in Europe, serves to highlight this growing criminal trade, which exploits lax regulations at ports and on the high seas, and often involves serious human rights infringements.

Jo Royle supports EJF's Save the Sea Campaign

Jo Royle in support of EJF's campaign Save the Sea!

Postcards from the frontlines - How to take part

Help protect climate refugees. Send your postcard today.

KT 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.

EJF believes that there needs to be a new legally-binding instrument identifying and protecting climate refugees.

Wonderland 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.

EJF believes that there needs to be a new legally-binding instrument identifying and protecting climate refugees.

A 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.

An 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.