"Meet Jane, a Climate Scientist Who Fled Trump’s Government"
"Worries about science censorship drove her from her post at the Energy Department."
Source: High Country News, 05/30/2017
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Epic Mideast Heat Wave Could Be Global Warming’s Hellish Curtain-Raiser
"BAGHDAD — Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come."
Source: Wash Post, 08/11/2016
"Across Africa, The Worst Food Crisis Since 1985 Looms For 50 Million"
"A second year without rain threatens to bring catastrophe for some of the poorest people in the world. Donor countries, in the grip of wars and refugee crises, have been slow to pledge funds. But by the time they do, it could be too late".
Source: Guardian, 05/23/2016
"Drought Tests A Changed Ethiopia"
"On a treeless plain in eastern Ethiopia, thousands of destitute pastoralists have set up camp outside the tiny village of Fedeto. Over the past six months the camp has swelled as one of the worst droughts in decades has decimated herds, dried up pasture and made even drinking water scarce."
Source: Reuters, 02/02/2016
"Cholera Is Coming"
"The last great epidemic of Vibrio cholerae to hit Africa and the Middle East occurred from 1997 to 1998. Over 200,000 people were afflicted and some 8,000 killed as the disease spread from southern Mozambique all the way up to the Horn of Africa and into the Middle East. Now cholera is back. And this time it could be much worse."
Source: Council on Foreign Relations, 11/09/2015
"Natural Disasters Forced 20 Million From Their Homes in 2014: Report"
"Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better construction, a report said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/21/2015
"The Making of a Climate Refugee"
"How an unsuspecting farmworker from Kiribati became the brand ambassador of climate change — despite barely knowing what it was."
Source: Foreign Policy, 01/29/2015
"Natural Disasters Displaced More People Than War in 2013, Study Finds"
"Norwegian Refugee Council finds ‘mega disasters’ such as typhoons and hurricanes drove 22 million people from homes"
Source: Guardian, 09/17/2014
"New Zealand Judge Rejects Climate Refugee Plea"
"WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand judge on Tuesday rejected a Kiribati man’s claim that he should be granted refugee status because of climate change."
Source: AP, 11/27/2013
"Pacific Man Seeks Climate Change Asylum in New Zealand"
"NEW ZEALAND -- "A Pacific Island man trying to flee rising seas and environmental risks caused by global warming in his home country of Kiribati asked a New Zealand court on Wednesday to let him pursue his claim as a climate change refugee."
Source: Reuters, 10/17/2013
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