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🇮🇶 Iraq’s climate is changing faster than people can adapt. With each passing summer, new records are logged – record high temperatures, record low water levels – all while the country rebuilds from 20 years of conflict. Find out more in this Humanitarian Exchange magazine article by Imrul Islam and Thomas Wilson, both from the Norwegian Refugee Council in Iraq: https://lnkd.in/eYzUgdAQ #IraqWar #Conflict #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Drought #ExtremeHeat

Climate change is making many parts of the world – especially in fragile regions like East Africa and the Horn of Africa – increasingly uninhabitable. Storms are more devastating. Wildfires have become commonplace. Floods and droughts are intensifying. Some of these impacts are irreversible and threaten to continue worsening, and displaced people are bearing the brunt of the impact. These floods show the gaps in preparedness and early action. Funding available to address the impacts of climate change is not reaching those forcibly displaced, nor the communities hosting them. Without help to prepare for, withstand and recover from climate-related shocks, they face an increased risk of further displacement. https://lnkd.in/eQgctw2h

There is growing recognition among the world’s major powers and key players about Climate Change, but the main question remains whether they care to take proper action.  Considering ongoing wars, lack of cohesion, and internal dysfunction it is realistic to expect vast internal and global level forced movements because of climate change. #refugees #poverty #economy #humanity #wars #weapons https://lnkd.in/gBpXUJED

Are many #fragilestates at risk of becoming #failedstates due to the increasing severity of the #climatecrisis? Every year, extreme weather events affect three times as many people in fragile and #conflictaffected states as in other countries, yet they receive up to 80 times less #climatefinance. How is that fair? Are humanitarian, #development and #peace actors doing enough, #together, to address climate-related risks and find sustainable outcomes? And how can we tackle the long-term impacts of climate change, when our humanitarian interventions are so often short-term by nature? Come explore these burning questions with us today (for better or worse I will be providing opening remarks! 🙂 ), at our session on “Understanding climate and environmental risks for increased resilience, conflict prevention and sustaining peace”, hosted by United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and adelphi in the context of the Humanitarian Partnerships and Network Week (#HNPW). Together with practitioners, researchers and donors, we’ll be talking climate-related security risks, root causes, and the need for evidence-based solutions. Join us on Monday 6th May, from 16:00-17:30, at the International Conference Centre Geneva, Salle 9. For more information: https://lnkd.in/eFP2kYj2. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Esmé O'Keeffe Raquel M. Maylina St-Louis Beatrice Mosello Alessandro Pirisi Jana Birner Ginevra Cucinotta Catherine Wong Michelle Yonetani United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Thomas Wilson and I have an article on climate and displacement in #Iraq in the latest edition of the Humanitarian Exchange by Humanitarian Practice Network at ODI. Based on one year of research and engagement with donors, ministries, and the UN country team, the Norwegian Refugee Council recommends: 1. Rapid scale up of government capacity to monitor, regulate and allocate Iraq's water resources 2. Targeted investment by donors and international financial institutions to upgrade outdated water infrastructure, alongside initiatives that support community led ‘climate-smart’ adaptations and farming practices 3. Development of national and governorate-level policies on disaster displacement with support from national and international agencies For now, Iraq's climate continues to change faster than people can adapt.

Climate change impacts us all, from extreme heat and drought to stronger and more frequent hurricanes. For refugees, extreme weather can make an already difficult situation even worse. Read more from our expert in The Washington Post. https://wapo.st/3WtikoR

Climate change and displacement: the myths and the facts. Myth 1. Climate change will trigger large-scale cross border movements from the Global South to the Global North. Myth 2. People displaced by climate change are "climate refugees". Myth 3. "Climate-related displacement" only refers to people fleeing extreme weather events. Myth 4. We can predict how many people will be forcibly displaced by climate change Myth 5. It's too late to act to prevent displacement related to climate change. Not a myth, but a disturbing stat. Climate financing for adaptation in extremely fragile states averages $2.10 per person compared to $161.70 in non-fragile states! UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Hugo Slim Juergen Voegele Eric White Andrew Zolli Catherine-Lune Grayson Ilona Szabó de Carvalho Benedikt Franke COP28 UAE Dr. Kira Vinke Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) Kamal Amakrane IOM - UN Migration Lindsay Jenkins Catherine Wong Michael Koehler Brooke Jenner

The Norwegian Refugee Council has assessed linkages between climate and displacement in #Iraq since 2021, and our third report is out today. This was a deeply unnerving report to write with Thomas Wilson, in conversation with Samah Hadid, Nina M Birkeland, Abdullah Omar Yassen, Sarah Castagnola, Abdifatah Issack and colleagues across NRC. Iraq’s climate is changing faster than people can adapt. For the 1.2 million still displaced by conflict, and the millions who have returned home, resettled or relocated, recovery from years of conflict is being impeded by extreme drought, and undermining hard-won gains in livelihoods and income security. https://lnkd.in/dy8uNW7r

Some of the examples that explain the global migration crisis due to climate change are listed below: - Somalia: Drought and famine have displaced over 1 million people, exacerbating the refugee crisis in neighboring countries like Kenya and Ethiopia. - Syria: Prolonged drought (2006-2011) contributed to agricultural collapse, mass migration to cities, and eventual civil war, displacing over 12 million people. - Bangladesh: Rising sea levels and cyclones have displaced thousands, with predictions of up to 15 million climate refugees by 2050. - Central America: Drought, hurricanes, and deforestation have driven migration to the US, with many seeking asylum due to climate-related violence and persecution. - Pacific Islands: Rising sea levels and saltwater contamination threaten the existence of low-lying islands, forcing residents to flee to countries like New Zealand and Australia. #climatechange #refugeemigration

Since 2008, 376 million people have been displaced by climate disaster - the equivalent of one person being displaced every second. In partnership with Rotary, we can support more displaced people, with a place to call home, a place to recover, and a place to build hope for the Future. TODAY MARKS WORLD REFUGEE DAY - CLIMATE As the climate crisis continues to cause chaos around the world, more and more people are forced from their homes by extreme weather. As homes are swept away by floods, destroyed by hurricane winds, or abandoned when the land dries up, the need for emergency shelter is greater and more urgent than ever before.  A refugee is someone forced to flee their country often by wars and conflict or the climate crisis. The term ‘climate refugee’ is sometimes used for people displaced by extreme weather in their own country.  We’ve seen this recently in places like Somalia and Bangladesh where farms and food sources have been destroyed by droughts, floods or storms, devastating livelihoods and leaving whole communities with nowhere to live.