Climate Refugees Commends President Biden’s Commitment To Address Climate Migration

Climate Refugees Commends President Biden’s Commitment To Address Climate Migration

Climate Refugees applauds President Biden’s Executive Order on US refugee resettlement that includes early actions to address climate migration. By committing to an inter-agency report on examining the impacts of climate change on migration and “options for protection and resettlement of individuals displaced directly or indirectly from climate change,” President Biden has shown vision and bold leadership, vital to protect displaced people in a changed climate that has not kept pace with our global system.

URGENT ACTION ALERT! Stop The Trump Administration From Ending Refugee Resettlement

URGENT ACTION ALERT! Stop The Trump Administration From Ending Refugee Resettlement

Tomorrow is the last day of fiscal year 2020 – and the President has failed to sign a refugee admissions goal for FY 2021, grinding the resettlement program to an indefinite halt. The administration has also failed to consult with Congress, as required by US law, about the refugee admissions goal or “Presidential Determination.”

Global Call For The UN To Recognize The Right To A Healthy Environment – Letter To The Human Rights Council From Civil Society Organizations

Global Call For The UN To Recognize The Right To A Healthy Environment – Letter To The Human Rights Council From Civil Society Organizations

Climate Refugees joins over 800 human rights, climate justice, environmental, humanitarian organizations and more to call for the right to live in a healthy environment.

Press Release: Organizations Release a Roadmap for Transforming Relations between the U.S. & NCA

Press Release: Organizations Release a Roadmap for Transforming Relations between the U.S. & NCA

Today, a group of U.S. human rights, foreign policy, faith, children’s rights, and humanitarian organizations released Serve Your People, a report that provides a roadmap for transforming relations between the United States and the northern countries of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) under a new administration.

Internal Displacement in the Context of Slow-Onset Adverse Effects of Climate Change

Internal Displacement in the Context of Slow-Onset Adverse Effects of Climate Change

This Submission is in reference to the call for inputs by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Ms Cecilia Jimenez-Damary who will dedicate her upcoming report to the issue of internal displacement linked to slow-onset natural hazards in the context of the adverse effects of climate change. She will build on the reports of her predecessors to further advance a human rights-based approach to the issue of climate change and internal displacement, in line with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.

The Special Rapporteur requests inputs from Member States and inter-governmental entities, UN agencies, civil society actors, humanitarian and development organizations, national human rights institutions, business representatives and other stakeholders, to contribute to the preparation of her report, which will be presented to the General Assembly in October 2020.