CNN’s recently released dramatic images projecting how many major cities around the globe will be impacted by two degrees, or four degrees, of global warming. 760 million people’s homes could be submerged. DS hopes these projections will bring world leaders to adopt strong reductions in their CO2 emissions at the Paris Climate talks and beyond, and that action on climate displacement will finally get the political attention it deserves. Click here to view the images.
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Nature: Human adaptation: Manage climate-induced resettlement
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 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Exhibition which first appeared in December 2014 at the COP meetings in Lima, Peru has since travelled the globe giving ever larger numbers of people direct access to photographic evidence of the tragic and growing reality of climate displacement throughout the world. If you happen to be in New York in the coming weeks, please try to make a point of visiting the UN to see Kadir's amazing photographs. If you would be interested in hosting future exhibitions of the Where Will We Go presentation, please let us know. Several images of the Exhibition appear below....
Deutsche Welle interviews DS Director Scott Leckie on what to do about that fact that up to a quarter of a billion people could be displaced by climate change
Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle released print and radio interviews today with DS Director Scott Leckie. In the interview Scott talks about recent work by DS to prevent and repair climate displacement across the globe, and DS' hopes for a positive outcome to the Paris climate talks later this year. Access the written interview here. Deutsche Welle's radio program on this issue can be accessed here. A variety of interesting voices are captured by the program but listen out for Scott Leckie at 22.20 minutes. ...
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 Declaration on Human Rights and how human rights are affected by the effects of climate change. Have a listen here: https://audio.3cr.org.au/3cr/beyond-zero-community/2018/12/10/1700/201812101700_beyond-zero-community_64.mp3...
Nature: Human adaptation: Manage climate-induced resettlement
The scientific journal Nature calls attention to the growing issue of climate displacement. The Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States are referenced as a framework for protecting the rights of climate displaced persons.
