In January 2012, DS will release a new Reader containing articles, excerpts and other citations from some of the best writing to date on climate change and displacement....

Displacement Solutions, with the assistance of Youthworx Productions, bring to the world a video presentation on why the Peninsula Principles are needed and how they're creation will assist millions of people, their communities and their countries economies. It includes insights from a number of pre-eminent global experts in law, climate displacement, human rights and environmental law feature prominently, as well as an outline of the creation process by Displacement Solutions Director, Scott Leckie. The Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement within States Video Credits (in order of appearance): Scott Leckie, Displacement Solutions Dr Robin Bronen, Executive Director, Alaska Institute for Justice, USA Rick Towle, Pacific Region Representative, UNHCR David Hodgkinson, Displacement Solutions Md. Arifur Rahman, CEO, Young Power in Social Action, Bangladesh Ezekiel Simperingham, Displacement Solutions Dr Tamar Afifi, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany Bonnie Docherty, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, USA Ingrid Boas, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands...

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.

Displacement Solutions and our partners Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) have been working since 2011 to find innovative rights-based solutions to climate displacement in Bangladesh. We are hoping that the second half of 2014 will bring the best results thus far! Some of the recent highlights of the Bangladesh HLP Initiative include:   Land Solutions to Climate Displacement in Bangladesh The Bangladesh HLP Initiative is now focusing on the role of land in providing domestic solutions to climate displacement in Bangladesh. In 2014, DS and YPSA will provide ground-breaking support to vulnerable climate displaced families to access to new homes and new lands to homes and lands lost to climate hazards in Bangladesh.       New Action Research on Climate Displacement in Bangladesh DS has recently finalised and will soon publish four innovative reports designed to playa  key role in supporting the provision of rights-based solutions to climate displacement  in Bangladesh, including: 1. Climate Displacement in Bangladesh: Stakeholders, Laws and Policies - Mapping the Existing Institutional Framework (182p) 2. Land Availability for Climate Displaced Communities in Bangladesh 3. Land Acquisition for Climate Displaced Communities in Bangladesh 4. The Viability of a Chittagong Hill Tracts as a Destination for Climate…...