"There is no question on Earth as powerful as land: who owns it; how it is used; and whether it is treated as a commodity, as a living relative, as an ally in the climate fight, an extractive resource, as a home, or as a territory" Our new editors' take doi.org/10.1080/030661…

A hilarious explainer for why carbon offsets are, in fact, a ridiculous form of greenwashing.

🤝 We're honored to be in solidarity with the Indigenous tribes of Alaska and Louisiana. Let's amplify Lowlander Center & Alaska Institute for Justice voices as they advocate for justice and protect Indigenous rights. uusc.org/press/alaska-l… #TogetherWeRise uusc.org/press/alaska-l…

Chilling details emerge from #Myanmar #Sittwe town where thousands of #Rohingya Muslims live in prison-like camps. I spoke to victims of #CycloneMocha who are still counting the dead. Many are surviving by cooking dead cattle meat as aid is yet to arrive. thenationalnews.com/world/asia/202…

Ashfaq Khalfan @Falai02 The report (A/HRC/53/34) in all UN languages is available here-- ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/h…

NEWS — In just months, the U.S. received over 1.5 million requests for a migrant sponsorship program, an extraordinary number that could jeopardize the Biden administration's objective of reducing border crossings, internal documents obtained by CBS show. cbsnews.com/news/us-migran…

The World Bank's #WDR23 framework on migration management is a promising step towards fairer and smarter policies. Moving forward, how can we ensure the empowerment and meaningful participation of migrants are central to implementation efforts? buff.ly/3MsROp8

Call for abstracts for SI on displacement and environment to be submitted to World Development. Edited by @EstherMarijnen @DimitrisBormpand myself. Deadline July 15. We await your exciting abstracts! Rosaleen Duffy Jesse Ribot Bram Büscher Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) Jamon Van Den Hoek

Read the 🧵, read the NYT story 🔽

Heat as a driver of migration and of risk for migrants - hugely important paper. Together with the growing number of people projected to fall out of the human climate niche (nature.com/articles/s4189…), this is a matter of concern.

Joining Motoko Rich The New York Times tomorrow for a Fireside chat on #ClimateMigration climate-events.nytimes.com/a-new-climate-… #ClimateAction #Displacement #LossAndDamage

Important call from the UN High Commissioner for #HumanRights Volker Türk on the #LossAndDamage Fund, as the Transitional Committee continues discussions on its operationalization. People on the frontlines have a right to remedy for the harms caused by the #climatecrisis. #TC2

Happy to share my second article of the blog series, ‘Under the weather, on the move’, where the role of an intersectional lens for understanding climate migration is elaborated. #climatemigration #intersectionality #migration

#Adaptation of farmers in rural Africa are strongly determined by intersectional differences, with women often having fewer options, Tobias Ackerl, Lemlem Fitwi Weldemariam, Dr. Mary Nyasimi and Ayansina Ayanalde find in a review: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A compelling OpEd by Maxwell Gomera UNDP Rwanda on embracing the GDP of the poor: Nature It spotlights the policy distortion that favours multinational corporations by providing harmful subsidies for industrialised, chemical-dependent farming at the expense of smallholder farmers and

Excellent piece detailing the nexus of poor water policies and increasing climate change impacts leading to rural-to-urban migration, instability and cross-border tensions. nytimes.com/2023/06/21/wor…

Important messages for #HRC53 from Climate, Migration & Displacement Platform Steering Group member Shakirul Islam OKUP - Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program. In fact, climate change disasters & livelihood impacts can increase vulnerability to trafficking & labor exploitation.

What if more of us were braver? Maria Ressa sets the most amazing example.