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Scott Leckie addresses the worsening climate displacement crisis
DS has been active on the climate displacement front for 15 years now, and in the run to COP26 DS Director Scott Leckie has given a range...
Oct 21, 20211 min read
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Ninth OHOF House ready for occupants!
We are delighted to announce the completion of the ninth house of the joint DS-YPSA One House One Family at a time project (OHOF) in...
Apr 13, 20211 min read
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New DS Report (!) – Courtrooms and Climate Change
New DS Report (!) – Courtrooms and Climate Change: The Current State of Play – Global attention to the question of climate change,...
Dec 15, 20202 min read
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Climate Change and Human Rights Law School Course Goes Digital
DS Director Scott Leckie recently completed teaching his popular law school course at Monash Law School in Melbourne on Climate Change...
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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Climate Land Bank Idea Gets Major Boost in New ADB Report
A new report on Promoting Affordable Housing in Yangon, Myanmar published by the Asian Development Bank has, among other recommendations,...
Aug 7, 20192 min read
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DS Director Interviewed on the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR – Listen here!
DS Director Scott Leckie was interviewed on 10 December 2018 on Australian Radio station 3CR on the 70th anniversary of the Universal...
Dec 11, 20181 min read
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Ten Years of DS Efforts on Housing, Land and Property Rights in Myanmar – An Overview
Over the past decade, Displacement Solutions has undertaken extensive research aimed at shedding light on the numerous housing, land and...
Jun 4, 20182 min read
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Commemorating 10 Years of Action – the 2016 DS Annual Report
Ten Years of Action It is hard to believe that DS has now been active for ten busy and eventful years. This has been quite a ride for our...
Aug 7, 20172 min read
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DS Turns 10!
DS Turns 10! 28 December 2016 DS marks its tenth anniversary after its founding in Geneva on the same day in 2006. DS Director and...
Dec 26, 20162 min read
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DS-Backed Where Will We Go Exhibition Launched at UN’s New York Headquarters
Kadir van Lohuizen’s extraordinary Where Will We Go Exhibition, backed by DS, UNEP, the Netherlands government and others, opened today...
May 10, 20161 min read
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DS Welcomes Participants to the Roundtable on Improving Land Access for Climate Displaced People
DS is delighted to welcome all participants to Geneva for the Roundtable on Improving Land Access for Climate Displaced Persons and...
Apr 17, 20161 min read
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DS Annual Report 2015
DS has just released its Annual Report 2015 which gives a brief overview of all of our activities last year, and our plans for the...
Mar 24, 20161 min read
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New Review of Scott Leckie and Chris Huggins’ Book – Conflict and HLP Rights – fro
A book review of DS Director Scott Leckie’s and Chris Huggin’s 2011 book Conflict and Housing, Land and Property Rights: A Handbook on...
Jan 9, 20161 min read
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Leading German progressive newspaper interviews DS
DS Director Scott Leckie was recently interviewed by Germany’s leading progressive newspaper, Die Tageszeitung. You can read the article...
Jan 9, 20161 min read
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Great News to Start 2016!
Our One House at a Time Project in Bangladesh has gotten off to a great start in 2016 with a generous donation by the Dutch NGO Stichting...
Jan 9, 20161 min read
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RADIO NATIONAL INTERVIEW WITH DS DIRECTOR SCOTT LECKIE ON CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT AND PARIS TALKS
At the Paris climate talks, Pacific nations urged Australia to support their call for stronger action on climate change. Scott Leckie...
Dec 4, 20151 min read
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What impact will 4 degrees of warming have on the world’s major cities?
CNN’s recently released dramatic images projecting how many major cities around the globe will be impacted by two degrees, or four...
Dec 2, 20151 min read
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Peninsula Principles highlighted in Bangladesh’s national strategy for disaster and climate in
The Peninsula Principles have been instrumental in defining the scope and direction of Bangladesh’s National Strategy for Disaster and...
Dec 2, 20151 min read
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Ontong Java: New Report by DS and photojournalist by Beni Knight
Exquisite photojournalism by Beni Knight captures the unique way of life of the people of Ontong Java in the Solomon Islands and their...
Nov 14, 20151 min read
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World Leaders converging in Paris will see the Where Will We Go Exhibition
DS Associate Kadir van Lohuizen’s exquisite photos documenting the reality of climate displacement globally, collected in the Where Will...
Nov 14, 20151 min read
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