Ahead of this year's huge Copenhagen summit on climate change, there have been plenty of alarmist headlines in America's major media outlets, many focusing on new reports which outline the chaos that ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday warned that by 2050, the hottest refugee camps could face nearly 200 days of extreme heat stress per year, posing serious risks to health ...

Human-caused climate change is, without a doubt, significantly impacting us and the planet now. How much does it affect or force migration? We have just published two new scientific articles (in the ...

Every day, a quiet exodus unfolds across the globe. While headlines capture the drama of political upheaval and conflicts, a more subtle yet equally profound displacement occurs. Climate change is ...

LONDON, Nov 30 (UNHCR) - A dress made from the heavy fabric of a tent used to shelter refugees in Jordan shimmers unexpectedly into life at the busy London train station, sparkling with data provided ...

An international refugee expert has urged policymakers in Connecticut to involve youth and vulnerable communities of color in plans to fight climate change. Climate change cannot be effectively ...

Anthropology Professor Mubbashir Rizvi, left, Refugees International Climate Displacement Program Manager Alice Thomas and Environmental Law Center attorney Sofia Yazykova urged immediate action to ...

An estimated 1.2 billion people could be forced to migrate by 2050 due to extreme weather and natural disasters related to climate change. The hardships of relocating and sharing limited survival ...

The UN refugee agency on Tuesday warned of increasing numbers of refugees from regions that are particularly affected by climate change if investments are not made to improve the environment. The ...

BAKU – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, unveiled today the “Refugees for Climate Action” network, an initiative designed to amplify the voices of displaced communities in the global climate debate. The ...

Europe’s most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. The judgment will be put to the test in Britain by a climate change refugee who lost his cliff top home to ...

I wasn’t prepared to be a climate refugee. Not after relocating my family from drought and wildfire-prone California to the “climate haven” of Asheville, N.C. But less than two months after we moved ...