People forced by climate change to relocate are described by the media as victims or as security threats. There is little information about vulnerable communities’ fight to secure a viable future. We need to challenge these representations to provoke policies that protect the inherent rights of people affected by climate change, argues MARIA SAKELLARI
… Climate change and migration: the need for a new media narrative … Maria Sakellari | 29th August 2018 Comment Migration Climate Change Media … by climate change, argues MARIA SAKELLARI Migration is one the most profound effects of …
The media has a responsibility to fairly represent displacement in the context of climate change.
… Climate justice and migration in the media Maria Sakellari | 12th … 2018 Comment Editor’s Picks Climate Justice ImmigrationMigration Climate Change Media Journalism …
Maya Goodfellow: 'There are people all over the world organising against borders and imagining another world.'
… | 4th February 2020 News Hostile Environment Migration Migrants Climate Breakdown Thought … description of how prejudices against immigration are created through political … Maya discusses the features of the anti-immigration debate and alternatives to …
The world's big cities are choking with pollution and endless traffic jams, writes Colin Todhunter - except one. Copenhagen, faced with these problems half a century ago, decided to act. Now it is showing the world that cycling is not just the basis of a sustainable transport strategy, but is key to making our cities clean, green, human and livable. May the global revolution unfold ...
… the crisis in farming and associated rural migration to energy concerns and an expanding …
The corporate war on traditional farming is nowhere fiercer than in India, writes Colin Todhunter. After decades of the 'Green Revolution' that have impoverished the nation's soils, water, biodiversity and cultivators alike, agribusiness is poised for its final strike. But now the small scale farmers who produce most of the country's food are rediscovering ancient agroecological alternatives.
… depletion, increasing disparities, rural migration to urban areas resulting in …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… unemployment, rising population and urban migration could be solved. While many argue in …