top of page
LATEST NEWS
Search
Prof Emeritus Anthony Oliver-Smith to give lecture on climate displacement in Panama
DS associate Prof. Emeritus Anthony Oliver-Smith will give the Annual Homecoming Guest Lecture for Colorado State University’s Department...
Sep 4, 20151 min read
Report released on DS mission to examine a relocation project in Gramalote, Colombia.
In March 2015, a fact-finding mission from Displacement Solutions visited Colombia to examine a recent situation of climate change...
Aug 25, 20151 min read
If the Spratley’s can be transformed so dramatically, can the Pacific’s sinking islands
Preventing climate displacement on many of the world’s atoll nations, and saving those nations from what could be their eventual demise...
Aug 11, 20152 min read
La Prensa: Miviot inspecciona sitio a donde trasladarán a gunas
Article in Panama’s La Prensa discussing the climate displacement of the Guna Yala island communities, and referencing the work of DS in...
Jun 16, 20151 min read
Gardi Sugdub Relocation Features in Latest Film from The Shore Line Project
The Shore Line Project, directed by Liz Miller, sheds light on the predicament of coastal communities around the world which face...
May 29, 20151 min read
DS undertakes mission to Bangladesh
In April 2015, DS representative Ezekiel Simperingham visited Bangladesh as part on the ongoing Bangladesh HLP Initiative. During the...
Apr 26, 20151 min read
2015 DS Mission to Colombia Examines Climate Displacement
As a result of extreme weather-related events associated with “La Niña” phenomenon, during 2010 and 2011, Colombia suffered the worst...
Apr 8, 20151 min read
The Independent: Climate change threatens village in Alaska
As Andrew Buncombe reports in The Independent, the residents of the Alaskan village Kivalina are facing the prospect of forced...
Feb 28, 20151 min read
Nature: Human adaptation: Manage climate-induced resettlement
#climatedisplacement #peninsulaPrinciples
Jan 15, 20151 min read
Huffington Post Article on Climate Displacement in Alaska
Kate Sheppard, a senior reporter and the environmental and energy editor at the Huffington Post, has written an extended article on the...
Jan 10, 20151 min read
BBC News Article on Climate Displacement in the UK
Roger Harrabin’s BBC News article calls attention to findings by the Environment Agency of the United Kingdom, which “projects that more...
Jan 10, 20151 min read
Rising Seas-Lost Lands: The Where Will They Go? Exhibition
As a central part of the DS Where Will They Go project, we have had the pleasure of working closely with long time DS associate...
Sep 12, 20142 min read
MAPPING STUDY: Climate Displacement in Bangladesh: Stakeholders, Laws and Policies – Mapping the Exi
Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world and is set to become even more so as a result of climate change....
Sep 1, 20142 min read
Climate Displacement in Panama: Applying the Peninsula Principles in Practice
A new DS report – available in English and soon Spanish – applies the 2013 Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States for...
Aug 22, 20141 min read
Bangladesh HLP Initiative – Updates and Developments
Some of the recent highlights of the Bangladesh HLP Initiative include: Land Solutions to Climate Displacement in Bangladesh The...
May 23, 20143 min read
Climate Displacement Starts Getting the Coverage it Deserves
International media is finally giving climate displacement the attention and coverage it deserves! The National and International New...
Apr 16, 20141 min read
The Peninsula Principles in Action – Updates and Developments
The Peninsula Principles were adopted just over seven months ago. Since the 18th of August 2013, DS and many of its partners in states...
Mar 21, 20144 min read
Climate Change Art Competition Held in Coastal Kids School in Bangladesh
On 22 January 2014, YPSA and William Carey Academy, Chittagong, Bangladesh jointly organised a Climate Change Art Competition with the...
Mar 21, 20141 min read
New Report Calls for Land Solutions to Climate Displacement
A new report released by Displacement Solutions (DS) examines the real world challenges of securing and repurposing land to resettle...
Oct 30, 20132 min read
America’s First Climate Refugees: The Guardian Series
What is a climate refugee? “The immediate image that comes to mind of “climate refugees” is people of small tropical islands in the...
Oct 1, 20131 min read
bottom of page