Refugees in Namibia face double threat of funding cuts and climate change
As inflation continues to push up the cost of basic necessities such as food and fuel, refugees in Namibia’s remote Osire settlement are facing stark choices. By Laura Padoan in Windhoek, Namibia | 17 November 2022 Mbuyi Kayembe is one of over 7,000 residents in the...Canada Goose Makes Donation to United Nations in Support of Ukrainian Refugees
Through its Response Program, the brand’s donation includes outerwear and $135,000 to UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency TORONTO, ON (November 17, 2022) – Today, Canada Goose announced the donation of over 10,000 parkas, jackets and accessories, as well as a $135,000 CAD...
UN warns of worsening conflict and displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement exacerbated by rising temperatures, resource scarcity and food insecurity, the UN Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel...
Young Rohingya refugees are helping to turn world’s largest camp green
Youth groups are championing efforts to regreen refugee camps in Bangladesh and to raise awareness about the impacts of the climate crisis. By Kristy Siegfried in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh | 15 November 2022 Samia has spent five of her 14 years living in Kutupalong –...
UN Refugee Agency warns of extreme hardship for forcibly displaced families this winter
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Millions of people from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East displaced by conflict...
Displaced people join efforts to adapt to climate change in Mozambique
With UNHCR’s help, refugees and internally displaced people hit by cyclones are building new homes that can withstand the impacts of climate change. By Hélène Caux in Corrane and Maratane, Nampula province, Mozambique “I had never experienced such strong winds and...
‘As a refugee, I have seen the impacts of the climate crisis up close’
From drought and flooding to increasing competition for scarce resources, South Sudanese refugee Opira Bosco Okot knows only too well how the climate crisis has made life harder for displaced people. By Opira Bosco Okot in Kampala, Uganda Opira Bosco Okot, 26, is a...
Former ‘nature beginner’ is now on the front lines of the fight against climate change
By Jenny Barchfield in Guatemala For Joshua, a refugee who fled gang violence, protecting the threatened tropical forests of his host country, Guatemala, has become both a calling and a moral imperative. When he thinks back to his life back before he arrived in...