Exploring the intersections of environment, climate change and displacement. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/environment/rss en Crises & Conflicts Economy Education Environment Innovation & Technology Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Solutions Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Tania Karas, Daniel Howden, Charlotte Alfred https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/21/2018-a-year-of-reporting-deeply-on-refugees-and-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/21/2018-a-year-of-reporting-deeply-on-refugees-and-migration As we near the end of another eventful year for refugees and migration policy, our editors select 2018’s best stories and commentary on Refugees Deeply. Environment Innovation & Technology Solutions Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Sara-Duana Meyer https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/03/29/in-portugal-environmentalists-re-imagine-refugee-spaces https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/03/29/in-portugal-environmentalists-re-imagine-refugee-spaces A community in Portugal is planning to build a model refugee settlement that is ecologically sustainable and more socially inclusive than most camps. Sara-Duana Meyer examines the idea and its significance for the future of refugee settlements. Environment Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:00:42 +0000 Ashley Hamer, Samuel Hall Research Team https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/07/06/somalias-climate-refugees-cant-wait-for-global-action-much-longer https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/07/06/somalias-climate-refugees-cant-wait-for-global-action-much-longer As world leaders meet for the G20 meeting in Hamburg, researchers at Samuel Hall make the case for urgent legal reform and investment to protect climate refugees and help them be more resilient in the face of disaster. Crises & Conflicts Environment Refugee Voices Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:10:23 +0000 Dunya Habash https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/29/my-hidden-misconceptions-about-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/29/my-hidden-misconceptions-about-refugees As the U.S.-raised daughter of Syrian immigrants, Dunya Habash thought she knew about refugees. But a trip to Jordan’s Zaatari camp challenged the false impressions she had prior to arrival, and reinforced the importance of context in order to tell complete stories. Environment Tue, 20 Jun 2017 05:00:48 +0000 Ashley Hamer, Samuel Hall Research Team https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/20/amid-drought-somali-pastoralists-watch-their-sources-of-life-perish https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/20/amid-drought-somali-pastoralists-watch-their-sources-of-life-perish With 17 million people crippled by drought in the Horn of Africa, Samuel Hall researchers and photographer Ashley Hamer explain the realities of climate-induced displacement in Somalia on World Refugee Day. Environment Solutions Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:57:56 +0000 Ashley Toombs, Jennifer Duncan https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/07/we-need-to-prepare-for-climate-related-migration-now https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/07/we-need-to-prepare-for-climate-related-migration-now Climate change displaces people through immediate disasters like hurricanes and slow-onset disasters like drought and famine. Two disaster and land rights experts offer four recommendations for policymakers to prepare for a future of climate-related migration. Environment Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:05:05 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/28/brazilian-tribe-fear-displacement-by-xingu-rivers-rising-tide https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/28/brazilian-tribe-fear-displacement-by-xingu-rivers-rising-tide In the latest from the Displaced and Disposable series, Bruna Kadletz visits the Juruna tribe, who live by the Xingu River in Brazil and face displacement from their ancestral land due to dam construction and rising tides. Environment Innovation & Technology Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:39:37 +0000 Kim Bode https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/21/a-water-wall-aims-to-solve-food-waste-in-kenyan-refugee-camp https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/21/a-water-wall-aims-to-solve-food-waste-in-kenyan-refugee-camp In the first of our interviews with the finalists in a design contest to make marketplaces for refugees, we spoke to architects Ambra Chiaradia and Diana Paoluzzi about their proposal for a cooling system to keep food fresh in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. Environment Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:39:19 +0000 Bruna Kadletz https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/16/climate-refugees-people-and-the-environment-treated-as-disposable https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/16/climate-refugees-people-and-the-environment-treated-as-disposable As part of our “Displaced and Disposable” series, social researcher Bruna Kadletz meets a Malawian family displaced by the impact of climate change and explores the failure to protect them and other climate refugees. Environment Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:10:57 +0000 Preethi Nallu https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/19/kumi-naidoo-we-need-a-model-to-gauge-climate-impact-on-displacement https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/19/kumi-naidoo-we-need-a-model-to-gauge-climate-impact-on-displacement At the inaugural U.N. meeting on Refugees and Migrants, environmental advocate Kumi Naidoo opens our series “Voices from the Summit” by calling for greater recognition of the links between climate change, conflict and the accelerated movement of peoples. Environment Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:50:01 +0000 Renee Lewis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/08/25/first-u-s-climate-refugees-fear-rising-seas-will-drown-their-heritage https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/08/25/first-u-s-climate-refugees-fear-rising-seas-will-drown-their-heritage Native American coastal communities around the U.S. have begun planning moves to higher ground, but worry their ancient ways of life will be lost in the relocation. Environment Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:37:15 +0000 Renee Lewis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/07/01/seas-rising-faster-than-refugee-law-can-adapt https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/07/01/seas-rising-faster-than-refugee-law-can-adapt As warming seas climb their shores, Marshall Islanders face becoming climate refugees before the international community can decide what rights, if any, that status confers. Environment Mon, 25 Apr 2016 01:25:35 +0000 Laura Phelps https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/04/25/the-forgotten-village-of-gumba https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/04/25/the-forgotten-village-of-gumba A year after the devastating earthquakes in Nepal that left more than 2 million homeless, we visit a mountainous village through the images of photographer Pong Suracheth.