Raiza Javier Tea or chai is a staple part of daily life in India, the second largest producer of tea in the world. As the most
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Jesuit Refugee Service in Asia Pacific: Responding to climate-induced displacement
Ecojesuit shares this working paper by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) developed in early 2011 as it increasingly responds to forced migration and displacement of
Principles for a Just City
Pedro Walpole Though the outcome of higher-level negotiations may be a gray area at this point, there is no doubt to the quality of engagement
Environment Refugees’ Unclear Legal Status: New Approaches Urgently Needed, Study Says
The phenomenon is well known since long, but concrete numbers are rare: more and more people are forced to relocate permanently from their homes, due to environmental degradation and ecosystem losses.
Projections for 2050, released by the International Organization of Migration in 2008, range from 25 million to one billion people displaced by the consequences only of climate change. Their livelihoods are threatened in many ways: farmers lose arable land due to droughts and other extreme weather events whereas islands and coastal areas are affected by devastating storm tides. As a result, people migrate from environments which no longer guarantee food stability and which no longer are hospitable for human civilization.