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During the UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai last year, the terms “climate migrants” and “climate refugees” echoed loudly across meeting rooms and panels. These labels were passionately used by high-ranking UN officials, external stakeholders, scholars and activists grappling with the consequences of climate change. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/3/2/protecting-climate-refugees-requires-a-legal-definition During a panel discussion, one of the officials emphasized that these terms hold no legal weight and inquired about the need for specific legal protections for those affected by climate-induced displacement. The question from the official was quickly shut down by the panel organizers, surprising attendees. My thoughts ran quickly to the many people displaced by climate change I knew: the Ecuadoran refugees who arrived in New York, seeking sanctuary from environmental turmoil at home, the women in the Sundarban islands of West Bengal facing climate-driven disasters but unable to relocate, and many of my neighbours in Brooklyn, who have experienced recurrent home destruction due to heavy rainfall. All of them do not have any form of international legal protection that can guarantee them dignified life. Shockingly, the dismissive response at COP28 reflects a larger pattern of denial. Legally defining “climate refugees” has been fiercely debated globally on many accounts. Critics often argue that attributing migration solely to climate change oversimplifies a complex web of influences on human mobility. They claim that these terms diminish the role of institutional and human responses, and social conditions in transforming environmental stressors into crises. Thus, this complexity makes it impossible to distinguish between climate refugees and economic migrants. Ironically, this argument actually persists alongside predictions that estimate a possible 1.2 billion people. After COP28, this recurring chorus echoed in my mind: “No legal changes are needed; we have it covered with UN initiatives like the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration”, which commits (PDF) parties to creating “conducive political, economic, social and environmental conditions for people to lead peaceful, productive and sustainable lives in their own country and to fulfil their personal aspiration”. Under its second objective, the compact emphasizes the need for cohesive approaches in handling migration challenges amid both sudden and gradual natural disasters, urging the integration of displacement concerns into disaster preparedness strategies. This absence of a specific legally defined framework poses hurdles for individuals seeking migration status due to climate change impacts. Calls to establish international legal frameworks tailored to address migration needs arising from environmental factors have been equated with opening Pandora’s box. Some suggest this could challenge the 1951 Refugee Convention, which defines the term “refugee” strictly along the lines of “fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.”
Protecting climate refugees requires a legal definition
While there is much talk about climate migration, there is still no legal framework to protect climate refugees.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/3/2/protecting-climate-refugees-requires-a-legal-definition
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The United Nations refugee agency has launched a campaign in the country seeking to raise $100,000 (Sh14.98 million) to light up homes of families in Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps. “Central to the funds raised will be to provide solar lamps and other critically needed household items to alleviate the suffering and plight of refugee families,” the UNHCR said in a statement. The funds will also be stretched to reach other vulnerable families in Africa.the-star.co.ke UN agency seeks to raise Sh14m to light up refugees homes
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Thank you for standing with refugees. The climate crisis is a human crisis and refugees and displaced are on its frontlines. With your support, we can make sure those displaced are protected, prepared for and resilient to the effects of the climate crisis.
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It's important to give everyone including the refugees good living environment,especially now that we are promoting for clean energy and they are also entitled to it too.
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A lucrative thing to raise humanity
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called on global leaders to spare no efforts in helping countries in the Horn of Africa to break the cycle of conflict and climate crises. Grandi, who on Tuesday concluded a five-day visit to Somalia and Kenya, said despite urgent calls from humanitarian agencies active in Somalia, the catastrophic and multifaceted consequences are largely unnoticed as the world's attention remains elsewhere. "We have secured funds to cover just a small percentage of the people in need," Grandi said in a statement issued on Tuesday night in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Read more; https://english.news.cn/20221027/cf1635f0e98742a4bf97a0062b64fb31/c.html
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Great post! I hope more help comes soon!
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This help is much needed. Financing for climate change impacts
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Hoping that this call will see more attention drawn to this region.
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Refugees in Cameroon have turned a desert camp into a thriving forest An ambitious reforestation project, carried out by refugees in Minawao, Cameroon, has turned an extensive area of desert into forest - and changed people's lives. The region, already badly affected by climate change, has gradually become home to nearly 70,000 refugees since 2014. They have fled violence linked to militant group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria. The new arrivals accelerated the desertification process, cutting down the few surrounding trees to support themselves. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) launched a reforestation programme in 2018. "In order to protect the world’s displaced, we must do more to protect the environment. Protecting the environment provides better protection for people. Andrew Harper"-UNHCR’s Special Advisor on Climate Action Refugees and local communities received training on how to give seedlings the best chance of survival in the harsh environment. The so-called "cocoon technology", developed by Land Life Company involves burying a doughnut-shaped water tank made from recycled cartons. This surrounds the plant’s roots and feeds it. To date, volunteers in the refugee camp have given new life to more than 100 hectares (250 football fields) of severely degraded land. "Minawao has become a place that is green all over and there are a lot of benefits to that. We have shade from the sun, the soil has improved and the trees attract water", says one of the volunteers Lydia Youcoubou. This project is contributing to the Great Green Wall, an African-led initiative that aims to grow an 8,000-kilometre continent-wide barrier to stop the ongoing desertification of the Sahel, a territory on the border of the Sahara and the Sudanian savanna. https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/10/refugees-in-cameroon-have-turned-a-desert-camp-into-a-thriving-forest https://youtu.be/fAPH8vkWEao
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Many thanks to We Don’t Have Time, the entire community of supporters, and to Peter for recognizing and amplifying the work of refugees in Minawao, Cameroon. They are protecting their community by rehabilitating and preserving their environment in the face of climate change. The first point that I would like to make is that it is essential that we do whatever we can to protect the natural environment, in order that those people who have been displaced by conflict are not put at further risk by an increasingly hostile climate. The green project in Minawao and its surroundings is crucial to stop and then hopefully reverse the accelerating desertification brought on by climate change and the arrival of nearly 70,000 refugees fleeing Boko Haram over the past decade. As the refugees did not have access to other energy sources, they had no choice but to cut down trees for firewood in order to meet their basic needs such as cooking and boiling water. Unfortunately, like in many new displacement settings, the environment suffered. This in-turn heightened tension between the refugees and the host communities. Women were also forced to go further into the bush to fetch wood, with the increased risk of being assaulted or raped. In order to both protect the environment and the most vulnerable within the community the Minawao project was born. The Minawao project saw 400.000 trees planted, making the green areas ideal for both agriculture and livestock, which reduced the tensions over natural resources. The climate crisis is a human crisis. It is also a protection crisis. It is amplifying vulnerability, driving displacement, and already making life harder for those forced to flee. While these populations are disproportionately exposed and vulnerable to climate-related shocks, they often have the fewest resources and support to cope in the face of an increasingly hostile environment. However, much displacement and suffering can be avoided with greater and urgent support to adaptation, particularly in the most climate vulnerable and fragile countries and communities, many of whom host refugees and internally displaced people. We must all come together and double down on increasing adaptation and building defences for those who are hardest hit. This will require financial, technological, and capacity support to those who are already working on the ground to protect their communities in a changing climate. We Don’t have Time is playing an important role in raising awareness and contributing to global climate action, and we commend the community’s continued efforts. Thank you, Andrew Harper Special Advisor to the High Commissioner for Climate Action UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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Great such feedbacks are encouraging, congratulations colleague let's keep amplifying our climate action voice.
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I'm so humbled @UNHCR for the comprehensive feedback recognizing me and the We Don't Have Time community for appreciating your noble course in working with the refugees to help curb the climate crisis.
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Forests are a natural treasure with so much significances in relevance to tackling climate change than most people know.
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Time to stop denying the crisis! Let's fight for a future where everyone has a safe place to call home.
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This is a great step towards protecting the people displaced by climate change effects. These migrants must be protected by all means possible and their rights must be well outlined.
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Climate justice has always been among the terms dropped and used in these discussions.A legal framework is required