Across the world, people are already using migration as a way of coping with climate change. Climate change is supercharging disasters like droughts, and people are moving as a way of protecting their lives and livelihoods.

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In a new report we outline some of the ways that migration can be used to build climate change resilience. We argue that migration needs to be safer for everyone. By making it safer and easier, more people can use it to survive climate change.

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Art Partner, one of the most influential creative agencies in the world, announces the launch of #CreateCOP28 , an open call for artists and creatives an open call for artists and creatives aged 14 to 30 from around the world.  buff.ly/3JzRWm7

“We are at the forefront of climate change, yet we contribute negligibly through emissions – and therefore the responsibility should squarely fall on the shoulders of the large emitting countries to really take proactive and ambitious action,” buff.ly/3NrWPyW

Here’s what you need to know about the way today’s IPCC report handles the issue of migration.

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In conversation with Kees van der Geest about climate mobility - World buff.ly/3ICyc13

New study links climate change, land degradation and migration in Central Asia buff.ly/3YID1Mc

There is a myth about mass migration to Europe. But some people do risk it all buff.ly/3IMqjqh

One of our key funders is looking for new members to join its grants committee

Trends driving humanitarian crises in 2023 (and what to do about them) buff.ly/3CjI1h0

How millions of lives could be saved by closing the climate adaptation finance gap buff.ly/3k4ZaVe

Quadruple threat - How urban fragility, climate change, gender inequality and social exclusion are driving children deeper into extreme vulnerability buff.ly/3GpwoGq

Climate change and conflict - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment buff.ly/3jY6WAn

🎉Welcoming Rachael Orr 🧡 as our new CEO, starting end of Jan!

Rachael’s experience & passion for social change & evidence-based research will be key in this critical decade for climate action.

Our chair of trustees Camilla Born introduces Rachael⬇️
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Amazing set of images here documenting how climate change impacts the movement of nomadic pastoralist communities

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We must act NOW to create safe avenues for people who have been forced to move by the impacts of climate breakdown.

With Migrants Organise & JCWI, we call on world leaders to take immediate action by creating just & welcoming policies.

Read the statement:
cityofsanctuary.org/2022/11/17/mig…

🚨 NEW: Statement on Climate Change and Migration

With JCWI City of Sanctuary UK 🧡, we call on world leaders to take immediate action on the climate crisis by creating just and welcoming policies: migrantsorganise.org/joint-statemen…

Today, we as migrants’ rights organisations are issuing an urgent call to world leaders gathered for #COP27 . As the impacts of climate crisis accelerate, people will need to move to find safety. And when they do, they must be met with welcome and solidarity not with fences.