Let’s not forget that the military and security sectors are often the first responders to environmental crises. As they struggle to manage multiple and parallel issues, the burden could limit their ability to meet any one challenge. Keep Reading
A new report from the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) reveals that the increasing pace and intensity of climate hazards will strain military and security services around the world as they are called on to respond to climate-driven crises, as well as tackling direct climate threats to their own infrastructure and readiness. Keep Reading
A recent report by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) found that rising sea levels due to climate change threatens areas where millions of Americans live. Keep Reading
While there are no known direct links between climate change and COVID-19, LaBeaud said, we will likely see an increase in the spread of vector-borne diseases as climate change intensifies. Keep Reading
Smoke from the 2019-2020 forest fires in Australia killed ten times as many people than the fires themselves, and hospitalized many thousands. Keep Reading
A wide-ranging United Nations climate report, released on March 10, shows that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, as well as on the health and wellbeing of the global population. Keep Reading
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats. The historic ruling marks the first decision by a UN human rights treaty body based on a complaint filed by an individual seeking protection from the effects of climate change. Keep Reading
Pew Research Center has named a decline in unauthorized Mexican migrants as one of its most noteworthy findings of the year, while the number of unauthorized immigrants from the Northern Triangle has risen. Keep Reading
The impacts of climate change are no longer merely a warning for the future. We are already seeing myriad consequences such as the major heatwaves in Japan which caused more than 100 deaths and some 18,000 hospitalizations. In addition, about half the global population is now threatened by the dengue virus. Keep Reading