Nina M Birkeland
@ninambbskysocial.bsky.social
Working on climate change, disasters and displacement / migration / human mobility
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1/6. 🥳NEW BRIEF: The #JuneClimateMeetings ended with an informal note being forwarded on the third review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM), but this is not all that happened on #LossAndDamage 🔥⛈️🌊.
🔗Read our debrief here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/wh...
🔗Read our debrief here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/wh...
July 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
1/6. 🥳NEW BRIEF: The #JuneClimateMeetings ended with an informal note being forwarded on the third review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM), but this is not all that happened on #LossAndDamage 🔥⛈️🌊.
🔗Read our debrief here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/wh...
🔗Read our debrief here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/wh...
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1/4.📢CASE STUDIES WANTED! Help to ensure community access to the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage! 📩Submit your case studies on access to climate ⛈️, development 🏗️ or humanitarian ❤️🩹finance for communities, Indigenous Peoples and CSOs.
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
1/4.📢CASE STUDIES WANTED! Help to ensure community access to the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage! 📩Submit your case studies on access to climate ⛈️, development 🏗️ or humanitarian ❤️🩹finance for communities, Indigenous Peoples and CSOs.
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🚨The North Sea collision of a tanker carrying jet fuel & a cargo ship highlights the danger of moving fossil fuel products across our oceans. While the extent of the damage remains uncertain, one thing is clear: the time for #FossilFreeOceans is NOW. bit.ly/3Dwejco
Cargo ship captain arrested over collision in North Sea, owner tells BBC
A Portuguese registered cargo ship and a US-flagged tanker collided off the East Yorkshire coast on Monday.
bit.ly
March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨The North Sea collision of a tanker carrying jet fuel & a cargo ship highlights the danger of moving fossil fuel products across our oceans. While the extent of the damage remains uncertain, one thing is clear: the time for #FossilFreeOceans is NOW. bit.ly/3Dwejco
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1/9. ⚠️USEFUL INFO: The provisional agenda for the 5th meeting (B5) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage —which will take place in Bridgetown, Barbados, from the 8-10th of April— is now out.
🔗Find it here: unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
🔗Find it here: unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
March 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
1/9. ⚠️USEFUL INFO: The provisional agenda for the 5th meeting (B5) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage —which will take place in Bridgetown, Barbados, from the 8-10th of April— is now out.
🔗Find it here: unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
🔗Find it here: unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
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Don't forget to register for our speed briefing on a new legal toolkit to protect people displaced in the context of climate change. The Australian one is tomorrow - Fri 14 Feb 12.30-1pm. Full details here www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/02...
New global toolkit to guide refugee claims involving climate change and disasters
Climate impacts are arising in protection claims worldwide. A ground-breaking new global toolkit shows how decision-makers across the globe are grappling with such claims, offering practical legal gui...
www.unsw.edu.au
February 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Don't forget to register for our speed briefing on a new legal toolkit to protect people displaced in the context of climate change. The Australian one is tomorrow - Fri 14 Feb 12.30-1pm. Full details here www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/02...
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Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims? My latest article explains ... theconversation.com/climate-impa...
Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?
We don’t need to reinvent the wheel and can dispense with unhelpful terms like ‘climate refugee’. Existing laws, applied correctly, can protect people.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims? My latest article explains ... theconversation.com/climate-impa...
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Excellent analysis by Ben Saul of Trump’s unlawful plan to relocate Palestinians
www.smh.com.au
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Excellent analysis by Ben Saul of Trump’s unlawful plan to relocate Palestinians
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📢CASE STUDIES WANTED: Ahead of the 5th Board meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage submit your case studies on access to climate ⛈️, development 🏗️ or humanitarian ❤️🩹finance for communities, Indigenous Peoples and CSOs.
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📢CASE STUDIES WANTED: Ahead of the 5th Board meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage submit your case studies on access to climate ⛈️, development 🏗️ or humanitarian ❤️🩹finance for communities, Indigenous Peoples and CSOs.
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✏️Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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1/6. 📢 Sign up for the Ways of Repair : #LossAndDamage symposium to hear from @farhanasultana.com on "Decolonizing Climate Knowledge: Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Era of #ClimateChange”
🗓️January 22nd 2025,
⏰14:00-15:00 GMT
📍Online
✏️Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️January 22nd 2025,
⏰14:00-15:00 GMT
📍Online
✏️Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Ways of Repair : Loss and Damage Symposium | SESSION #3: Farhana Sultana – Decolonizing Climate Knowledge: Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Er...
In this session, interdisciplinary scholar, speaker, and author Dr. Farhana Sultana will present the text “Decolonizing Climate Knowledge: Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Era of Climate ...
zoom.us
January 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
1/6. 📢 Sign up for the Ways of Repair : #LossAndDamage symposium to hear from @farhanasultana.com on "Decolonizing Climate Knowledge: Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Era of #ClimateChange”
🗓️January 22nd 2025,
⏰14:00-15:00 GMT
📍Online
✏️Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️January 22nd 2025,
⏰14:00-15:00 GMT
📍Online
✏️Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Fresh 2025 reading:
@cielorg.bsky.social's #COP29 report with a focus on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.
Spoiler alert: it wasn't good. From backtracking on human rights & gender to a weak finance outcome, accelerated carbon markets and L&D largely ignored.
🔗 www.ciel.org/reports/prom...
@cielorg.bsky.social's #COP29 report with a focus on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.
Spoiler alert: it wasn't good. From backtracking on human rights & gender to a weak finance outcome, accelerated carbon markets and L&D largely ignored.
🔗 www.ciel.org/reports/prom...
Promoting Human Rights in Climate Action: Report from the Baku Climate Conference COP29 (December 2024) - Center for International Environmental Law
CIEL's report summarizes and analyzes key developments at climate talks COP29 related to the integration of human rights in climate policies.
www.ciel.org
January 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Fresh 2025 reading:
@cielorg.bsky.social's #COP29 report with a focus on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.
Spoiler alert: it wasn't good. From backtracking on human rights & gender to a weak finance outcome, accelerated carbon markets and L&D largely ignored.
🔗 www.ciel.org/reports/prom...
@cielorg.bsky.social's #COP29 report with a focus on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange.
Spoiler alert: it wasn't good. From backtracking on human rights & gender to a weak finance outcome, accelerated carbon markets and L&D largely ignored.
🔗 www.ciel.org/reports/prom...
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Topics covered:
👎 Backtracking on obligations, #HumanRights & #FossilFuels
💰 #ClimateFinance
💹 #CarbonMarkets
🌀 #LossAndDamage
✊ #CivicSpace
🟣 #Gender Justice
👷♀️ #JustTransition
🌱 #Adaptation
ℹ️ Including overview of relevant upcoming submission deadlines
👎 Backtracking on obligations, #HumanRights & #FossilFuels
💰 #ClimateFinance
💹 #CarbonMarkets
🌀 #LossAndDamage
✊ #CivicSpace
🟣 #Gender Justice
👷♀️ #JustTransition
🌱 #Adaptation
ℹ️ Including overview of relevant upcoming submission deadlines
January 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Topics covered:
👎 Backtracking on obligations, #HumanRights & #FossilFuels
💰 #ClimateFinance
💹 #CarbonMarkets
🌀 #LossAndDamage
✊ #CivicSpace
🟣 #Gender Justice
👷♀️ #JustTransition
🌱 #Adaptation
ℹ️ Including overview of relevant upcoming submission deadlines
👎 Backtracking on obligations, #HumanRights & #FossilFuels
💰 #ClimateFinance
💹 #CarbonMarkets
🌀 #LossAndDamage
✊ #CivicSpace
🟣 #Gender Justice
👷♀️ #JustTransition
🌱 #Adaptation
ℹ️ Including overview of relevant upcoming submission deadlines
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Next week is the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Remember - over 230.000 people died that day.
The anniversary is a chance to reflect on what we have learned in terms of preparedness, vulnerability and extreme rapid-onset events. I collected a few bits to reflect on lessons. 🧵
The anniversary is a chance to reflect on what we have learned in terms of preparedness, vulnerability and extreme rapid-onset events. I collected a few bits to reflect on lessons. 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Next week is the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Remember - over 230.000 people died that day.
The anniversary is a chance to reflect on what we have learned in terms of preparedness, vulnerability and extreme rapid-onset events. I collected a few bits to reflect on lessons. 🧵
The anniversary is a chance to reflect on what we have learned in terms of preparedness, vulnerability and extreme rapid-onset events. I collected a few bits to reflect on lessons. 🧵
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We’d like to thank Caitlin Sturridge, Alya Al-Mahdi, Mohammad Azizul Hoque, Martha Guerrero Ble, & Sara Arapiles for their contribution to our launch event for FMR 74 last week.
A recording of the event in all 4 languages, coming soon...
#Refugees #Displacement #ForcedMigration #Funding
A recording of the event in all 4 languages, coming soon...
#Refugees #Displacement #ForcedMigration #Funding
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
We’d like to thank Caitlin Sturridge, Alya Al-Mahdi, Mohammad Azizul Hoque, Martha Guerrero Ble, & Sara Arapiles for their contribution to our launch event for FMR 74 last week.
A recording of the event in all 4 languages, coming soon...
#Refugees #Displacement #ForcedMigration #Funding
A recording of the event in all 4 languages, coming soon...
#Refugees #Displacement #ForcedMigration #Funding
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1/8. 📢 This important paper from @douwe.bsky.social , @guyjackson.bsky.social, Olivia Serdeczny, and Kees van der Geest questions the dichotomy between economic💰 and non-economic ❤️🩹 #LossAndDamage and the implications for policy and research.
🔗Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 12, 2024 at 3:01 PM
1/8. 📢 This important paper from @douwe.bsky.social , @guyjackson.bsky.social, Olivia Serdeczny, and Kees van der Geest questions the dichotomy between economic💰 and non-economic ❤️🩹 #LossAndDamage and the implications for policy and research.
🔗Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Cartagena+40:New Era of Regional Cooperation on Displacement
Today 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean adopted the historic Chile Declaration and the Action Plan aimed at addressing forced displacement in the region, including those triggered by disasters and climate
bit.ly/3ZO1ti5
Today 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean adopted the historic Chile Declaration and the Action Plan aimed at addressing forced displacement in the region, including those triggered by disasters and climate
bit.ly/3ZO1ti5
Press Release - Cartagena+40: Chile Declares a New Era of Regional Cooperation to Address Forced Displacement in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region - Platform on Disaster Displacement
12 December 2024, Santiago, Chile: 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean adopted the historic Chile Declaration and the Action Plan aimed at addressing forced displacement in the region,...
bit.ly
December 12, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Cartagena+40:New Era of Regional Cooperation on Displacement
Today 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean adopted the historic Chile Declaration and the Action Plan aimed at addressing forced displacement in the region, including those triggered by disasters and climate
bit.ly/3ZO1ti5
Today 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean adopted the historic Chile Declaration and the Action Plan aimed at addressing forced displacement in the region, including those triggered by disasters and climate
bit.ly/3ZO1ti5
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There will be an online launch event for the ‘Financing displacement response’ issue of Forced Migration Review on Thursday, 12 December from 1-2pm (scheduled speakers in the thread).
The event will be in English w/interpretation into Arabic, Spanish & French.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The event will be in English w/interpretation into Arabic, Spanish & French.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 9, 2024 at 2:41 PM
There will be an online launch event for the ‘Financing displacement response’ issue of Forced Migration Review on Thursday, 12 December from 1-2pm (scheduled speakers in the thread).
The event will be in English w/interpretation into Arabic, Spanish & French.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The event will be in English w/interpretation into Arabic, Spanish & French.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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On peut ne pas renouveler un statut de réfugié, mais on ne peut pas expulser des gens qui sont protégés par ce statut.
Quant au fait que ce soit le premier réflexe de ces gouvernements, je ne ferai pas de commentaire.
www.letemps.ch/monde/moyeno...
Quant au fait que ce soit le premier réflexe de ces gouvernements, je ne ferai pas de commentaire.
www.letemps.ch/monde/moyeno...
En direct – Plusieurs Etats européens suspendent les demandes d’asile des réfugiés syriens et préparent leur «expulsion» - Le Temps
Le président Bachar al-Assad a fui la Syrie pour Moscou, chassé par une offensive spectaculaire des rebelles islamistes. Mais le Kremlin refuse de confirmer. Plusieurs pays ont gelé les demandes d’asi...
www.letemps.ch
December 9, 2024 at 3:51 PM
On peut ne pas renouveler un statut de réfugié, mais on ne peut pas expulser des gens qui sont protégés par ce statut.
Quant au fait que ce soit le premier réflexe de ces gouvernements, je ne ferai pas de commentaire.
www.letemps.ch/monde/moyeno...
Quant au fait que ce soit le premier réflexe de ces gouvernements, je ne ferai pas de commentaire.
www.letemps.ch/monde/moyeno...
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This week, historic International Court of Justice hearings on the legal obligations of States in the context of #ClimateChange & the consequences of breaching those continue in The Hague.
Week 1 saw climate-vulnerable States make a clear case: such consequences entail #ClimateReparations.
A 🧵
Week 1 saw climate-vulnerable States make a clear case: such consequences entail #ClimateReparations.
A 🧵
December 9, 2024 at 12:53 PM
This week, historic International Court of Justice hearings on the legal obligations of States in the context of #ClimateChange & the consequences of breaching those continue in The Hague.
Week 1 saw climate-vulnerable States make a clear case: such consequences entail #ClimateReparations.
A 🧵
Week 1 saw climate-vulnerable States make a clear case: such consequences entail #ClimateReparations.
A 🧵
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26/26. 🗣️Find our key messages for the fourth meeting (B4) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/link-page/ke...
📜Find out daily policy updates here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🌐Find the webpage for B4 here: unfccc.int/event/fourth...
📜Find out daily policy updates here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🌐Find the webpage for B4 here: unfccc.int/event/fourth...
December 5, 2024 at 3:44 PM
26/26. 🗣️Find our key messages for the fourth meeting (B4) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/link-page/ke...
📜Find out daily policy updates here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🌐Find the webpage for B4 here: unfccc.int/event/fourth...
📜Find out daily policy updates here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🌐Find the webpage for B4 here: unfccc.int/event/fourth...
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1/26. 📢Today was the final day of the fourth meeting (B4) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage in Manila in the Philippines 🇵🇭, here is a brief overview of what happened. 🔎
🔗For our detailed policy updates from B4 here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔗For our detailed policy updates from B4 here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 5, 2024 at 3:44 PM
1/26. 📢Today was the final day of the fourth meeting (B4) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage in Manila in the Philippines 🇵🇭, here is a brief overview of what happened. 🔎
🔗For our detailed policy updates from B4 here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔗For our detailed policy updates from B4 here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Join us for our launch event for our latest issue ‘Financing displacement response’!
Date: 12.12.24
Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing
Date: 12.12.24
Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing
December 2, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Join us for our launch event for our latest issue ‘Financing displacement response’!
Date: 12.12.24
Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing
Date: 12.12.24
Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.
To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing
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Spotted in draft observer policy for the #LossAndDamage Fund shared LESS THAN 24H before the start of the Board meeting...
Observers have to consult their constituencies.
Well, yeah. But instead of telling us how to do our job, perhaps allow us to do it by sharing docs a little more in advance.
Observers have to consult their constituencies.
Well, yeah. But instead of telling us how to do our job, perhaps allow us to do it by sharing docs a little more in advance.
December 1, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Spotted in draft observer policy for the #LossAndDamage Fund shared LESS THAN 24H before the start of the Board meeting...
Observers have to consult their constituencies.
Well, yeah. But instead of telling us how to do our job, perhaps allow us to do it by sharing docs a little more in advance.
Observers have to consult their constituencies.
Well, yeah. But instead of telling us how to do our job, perhaps allow us to do it by sharing docs a little more in advance.
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1/7. 🗣️KEY MESSAGES: The Fourth Meeting (B4) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (FRLD) starts tomorrow in Manila in the Philippines 🇵🇭. 📜These key messages speak to each of the 14 agenda items.
🔗Read them here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/link-page/ke...
🔗Read them here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/link-page/ke...
December 1, 2024 at 1:51 PM
1/7. 🗣️KEY MESSAGES: The Fourth Meeting (B4) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (FRLD) starts tomorrow in Manila in the Philippines 🇵🇭. 📜These key messages speak to each of the 14 agenda items.
🔗Read them here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/link-page/ke...
🔗Read them here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/link-page/ke...
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What is happening in #Syria must not overshadow what Syrians want.
The political and military landscape is complex, but the demands for safety and freedom are not. We must not let the bullets drown out the voices of Syrians yet again.
The political and military landscape is complex, but the demands for safety and freedom are not. We must not let the bullets drown out the voices of Syrians yet again.
November 30, 2024 at 4:31 PM
What is happening in #Syria must not overshadow what Syrians want.
The political and military landscape is complex, but the demands for safety and freedom are not. We must not let the bullets drown out the voices of Syrians yet again.
The political and military landscape is complex, but the demands for safety and freedom are not. We must not let the bullets drown out the voices of Syrians yet again.
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I am outraged by the three immigration bills being rushed through Australia's Parliament. Here I explain why womensagenda.com.au/latest/confi...
Confiscating phones, separating families: The three brutal immigration bills being rushed through parliament
The federal parliament has rushed through three immigration bills that, once again, strip people of rights, dignity and humanity.
womensagenda.com.au
November 28, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I am outraged by the three immigration bills being rushed through Australia's Parliament. Here I explain why womensagenda.com.au/latest/confi...