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Alex Randall

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Climate change will reshape migration. My job is thinking about what that means. Dysgu Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Fy rhagenwau i yw O / Fo

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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Climate change is altering migration patterns. Discussing climate-related migration shapes perceptions and actions. Our words influence empathy or fear, public opinion, and political discourse, guiding potential solutions.
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The Stories We Tell: How Framing Shapes our Understanding of Climate-linked Migration
The language and narratives we use don’t just describe climate-linked migration—they shape public attitudes, guide policy, and influence the solutions we see as possible.
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Internal displacement = a development challenge. Learn how climate & development finance can advance solutions for displacement from disasters. 🎙 Keynote: Robert Piper (UN) 💡 Experts from IDMC, Green Climate Fund, & more
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This article analyzes migration as climate adaptation, noting gaps in COP29's Loss and Damage Fund and the European Green Deal's climate migration strategy. Initiatives like NaturAfrica and Farm to Fork are promising but need stronger integration with migration policy.
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COP29, the European Green Deal - is the global community overlooking climate migration in its fight against climate change ? – Le Taurillon
Thousands of people who lost their homes in the Valencia floods this November, 580.000 displaced in May in Brazil and 1.2 million displaced in countries across West and Central Africa alone in 2024.…
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Join us on Dec 5, for an online webinar on climate-linked migration. Learn from experts Fahmida Miah, Luisa Melloh, Julia Beart, and Innah Gasper about communication and framing of this complex issue. Register:
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Perspectives on communicating climate-linked migration | Climate Outreach
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Crisis narratives on climate migration fuel fear without addressing the facts. Most migration linked to climate impacts is internal, driven by economic inequality—not mass exodus. Let's recognize migration as a resilience strategy, not a threat.
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Climate Change Alone Does Not Cause Mass Migration
People are already being forced to flee the consequences of climate change to an alarming extent in the Global South, says Jan Freihardt. He believes
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
🌍 Somalia’s $100M climate fund success is a breakthrough, but conflict-hit nations need $35B annually to adapt. Can climate finance overcome fear to invest where risk is highest?
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Can climate funders overcome fear to tread in conflict zones?
At COP29, fragile climate-vulnerable countries launched a network aimed at securing the climate finance they say has been slow to come as their needs surge Conflict-hit countries launch a network…
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New study highlights that climate change exacerbates conflicts in underrepresented regions. Researchers stresses the link between conflict and climate, noting these areas face multiple crises with insufficient representation or focus from the global research community.
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Study raises concerns about the climate change and global conflict crises
As a lawyer Luisa Bedoya Taborda worked with rural communities forced off their land by armed groups in Colombia, South America. Now, she is doing a PhD at the University of Sydney on the impact of…
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Climate and conflict are deeply intertwined, especially in fragile contexts. The new Climate Fragility Programming Resource Guide shows how blending resilience, governance, and peacebuilding can tackle these dual threats.
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New Tool Offers Key Insights for Tackling Climate and Conflict Challenges
When the White House released the US Framework for Climate Resilience and Security in September 2024, it was an important opportunity to highlight the significant impacts of climate change on US [...]
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Climate-driven displacement demands action beyond recognition. The COP process highlights the issue but lacks actionable solutions. A jigsaw approach is needed: integrating policies, rights, and global cooperation to protect those forced to move.
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We need a jigsaw approach to climate-driven displacement - Climate Outreach
Each year the climate negotiations attempt to deal with the human cost of climate change – in particular climate-driven displacement. While recent talks have acknowledged the issue, concrete action…
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Alex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thanksgiving travel patterns may predict climate migration in the US. Research shows people move post-disaster to places they’ve visited, driven by social ties over rather than the physical "climate safety" of their destination
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Thanksgiving destinations can predict climate mobility in the US
Post-disaster movement is driven by social connections.
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