“Climigration takes place today!” - Press Information

Press Information on the effects of climate change released. |Read more

IOM Releases Publications on Migration, Climate Change, and the Environment

IOM releases two new publications on climate change, migration, and the environment. |Read more

Planetary Boundaries: A Safe Operating Space for Humanity

Press release by the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, The Australian National University, University of Copenhagen and University of Minnesota

New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century. A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists propose that global biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding of the Earth System, can define a ‘safe planetary operating space’ that will allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for generations to come. This new approach to sustainable development is conveyed in the coming issue of the scientific journal Nature where the scientists have made a first attempt to identify and quantify a set of nine planetary boundaries. |Read more