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@amaruthfrancis
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Climate Displacement Project Strategist @IRAP & non-resident fellow @SabinCenter. @YaleLawSch & @Harvard graduate, with Caribbean roots and a big heart.
New York
Joined September 2019
I actually do think the US gov could protect climate displaced people. Talked to @NPR's @davidfolkenflik about it. Interview here:
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Come work with me! Looking for a climate justice fellow -- apply by July 1.
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Excited for this work!.
Meet the members of Global Americans' High-Level Working Group on Climate Change in the Caribbean, a group of distinguished leaders and experts devoted to addressing this pressing issue by producing recommendations for policymakers across the hemisphere.
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"Some people do need to move, and we want to facilitate and ensure that people do so with dignity. The right to stay is important, and we need to support that as well.” 👏@yesmagazine.
A pleasure to edit @Oisakhose for @yesmagazine: "Community organizers are tackling climate displacement from all angles—advocating for climate-displaced people, providing them with resources, and making their communities more climate-resilient."
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Down & dirty thoughts on the IRA and climate displacement.
Dispatches on the Inflation Reduction Act from @amaruthfrancis @arvinalaigh @jake_bittle @MarcelaMulh @johnathanjguy @jlappen1 @jackmccordick and Daniel Sherrell.
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RT @carnegiecouncil: “Existing refugee law doesn’t cover all of the circumstances in which people are forced to flee,” says @MIMC_Carnegie….
law.columbia.edu
In episode five of Columbia Law School’s limited podcast series—hosted by Michael B. Gerrard—University Professor Michael W. Doyle and Ama Francis, non-resident fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate...
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RT @CWS_global: Experts agree – providing pathways to safety for climate-displaced people is *essential* to address climate change. Learn m….
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RT @nowthisnews: ‘Border violence profiteering is climate change profiteering’ — here’s why climate justice needs to include migrant commun….
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RT @TNInstitute: Can you stop #ClimateChange with guns? 🌎🔥. The world’s biggest polluters seem to think so - spending more on arming borde….
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RT @IRAP: BREAKING: On the last day of #COP26, @IRAP and 12 of our partner orgs sent a letter to the @WhiteHouse to demand concrete action….
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RT @KaldorCentre: Is international law equipped to respond to growing #displacement as a result of #climatechange? How does it interact w/@….
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TLDR: climate displacement is a justice issue, and like other climate justice issues, it's being sidelined @COP26. Great reporting from @insideclimate .
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Here's my hot take on the new @WhiteHouseCSO report on climate displacement.
THREAD: Yesterday, the @WhiteHouse released a landmark report evaluating the impact of climate change on migration. What is actually in the report? @IRAP climate displacement expert @amaruthfrancis responds: 1/10.
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RT @IRAP: THREAD: Yesterday, the @WhiteHouse released a landmark report evaluating the impact of climate change on migration. What is act….
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RT @SabinCenter: MAJOR DEVELOPMENT in #climatelitigation: 🇫🇷 .France is sentenced to compensate for the damage caused by its inaction to c….
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New @earthrefuge podcast out on climate displacement highlighting the experience of a South American community. Trailer here:
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RT @amyturner: Junior/future climate lawyers!! . Come work with us at @SabinCenter doing all sorts of fun climate work. Great team, too (un….
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RT @IRAP: Migrant Justice = Climate Justice (thread). “More people now are on the move because of climate-related and environmental disaste….
bostonglobe.com
The Biden administration must act to protect migrants created by climate change.
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RT @NRDC: How we address climate displacement will be a defining challenge for the U.S. this century. @IRAP’s new report lays out achievabl….
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There has been a dramatic increase of migrants coming to the U.S.-Mexico border this year, with some leaving their country due to climate change.
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Environmental mobility is already happening & Latin American & Caribbean countries are leading the way in using existing tools--regional refugee law, regional integration frameworks, and national immigration law--to address it. New report here:
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