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 future. Thanks again to everyone who worked with DS in 2015 and to all of our supporters - we couldn't do it without you! You can read the full report here: DS Annual Report 2015...

The Peninsula Principles are now available in Spanish. DS is very grateful to Carlos Arenas for his excellent translation, and hopes that people throughout Spanish-speaking countries can now use the Principles to assist in protecting the rights of those facing climate displacement. Click here to access the Spanish translation of the Peninsula Principles. Translations of the Peninsula Principles into Bengali and Pidgin are currently underway and expected shortly. DS hopes to translate the Principles into additional languages including French, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese and Portuguese. Please contact us if you are able to assist DS with translations.  ...

Whether we like it or not, the truth is that the money needed to prevent and resolve climate displacement has not been forthcoming and is unlikely to be for a very long time, if ever. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that 1.6-3.8 trillion (1.6T-3.8T) will be needed each year to avoid warming of more than 1.5C.]In 2021, global GDP is just shy of 93T. In 2009 the world's wealthy nations committed to channel USD 100 billion (100B) to less wealthy countries annually to tackling climate change, but to date have fallen far short from this target. Some have alleged that the estimates of the funds that have been raised thus far are wildly exaggerated, and that even if 100B were provided each year that this would come nowhere near solving the climate crisis. While calculations vary widely from only slightly more than 10B in total to just short of 100B, the prevailing understanding is simply that "Trillions of dollars will be needed each year to meet the 2015 Paris agreement goal of restricting global warming to well-below 2C, if not 1.5C, above pre-industrial temperatures.  A Climate Displacement Levy on the world's 2,800 billionaires at 1% of their respective fortunes…...

Following the publication of English and Spanish versions of the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States...