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Study: As Climate Change Drives Migration To N.H., Towns Face Tension And Opportunity
NPR New Hampshire: As Climate Change Drives Migration To N.H., Towns Face Tension And Opportunity.
Studies show that climate change could prompt millions of Americans to relocate in the coming decades. And by some measures, New Hampshire and northern New England could be ideal places to move.
But preparing for those potential […]
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Climate change is devastating Central American coffee farms, spurring migration
Star Tribune: Climate change is devastating Central American coffee farms, spurring migration.
Harvest season had just begun in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, and the coffee plants stood ripe and ready. But there was no one working at many of the farms.
Joaquín Solórzano, a coffee farmer and advocate for Nicaraguan growers, […]
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Report: Is Pakistan prepared to deal with climate migration?
DW discusses Is Pakistan prepared to deal with climate migration? Environmentalists have expressed concern over a massive climate-induced migration in various parts of Pakistan and the government’s apathy toward tackling a serious problem.
A report by ActionAid International and Climate Action Network South Asia recently revealed that in the past few decades, more […]
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The Complicated Truth of Climate Change in the Marshall Islands
New Republic discusses The Complicated Truth of Climate Change in the Marshall Islands. Not all islands are sinking. We can fight global warming while acknowledging the wonder of the natural world.
In 2011, as an anxious Republican from Utah, I fly with my husband and nine-month-old son to Majuro Atoll, the capital […]
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FRAGILE CITIES ARE BEING INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE FLEEING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. HOW CAN THEY COPE?
Ensia discusses FRAGILE CITIES ARE BEING INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE FLEEING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. HOW CAN THEY COPE? Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promise for helping overwhelmed communities deal with an influx of climate migrants from rural areas.
hen the rains never arrived in […]
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ANALYSIS-Hungry for change: Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19 and climate crises
Thomson Reuters Foundation discusses Hungry for change: Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19 and climate crises. The pandemic has made it harder for farmers – already grappling with climate extremes – to sell their harvests, while rising poverty pushes more city residents to use food banks.
From wildfires in California […]
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Climate change is devastating Central American coffee farms — and spurring migration
San Diego Union-Tribune discusses Climate change is devastating Central American coffee farms — and spurring migration. U.S. immigration laws aren’t equipped to grapple with people fleeing the effects of climate change.
Coffee is one of the many industries around the world feeling the pressures of climate change.
And, as people lose their […]
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Report: Scientists warn of the social and environmental risks tied to energy transition
RCINet discusses Scientists warn of the social and environmental risks tied to energy transition. [No study links provided.]
As the world gears up to transition its energy sources from fossil fuels to renewable energy to curb greenhouse gas emissions, new research by Canadian and European scientists warns that the “decarbonization of […]
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Study: Sea-level rise from climate change could exceed the high-end projections, scientists warn
CBS News discusses Sea-level rise from climate change could exceed the high-end projections, scientists warn.
Of the many threats from climate change, sea-level rise will most certainly be among the most impactful, making hundreds of thousands of square miles of coastline uninhabitable and potentially displacing over 100 […]
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