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amafrancis

@amaruthfrancis

Climate Displacement Project Strategist @IRAP & non-resident fellow @SabinCenter. @YaleLawSch & @Harvard graduate, with Caribbean roots and a big heart.

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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: tinyurl.com/LACenvironment…

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How we address climate displacement will be a defining challenge for the U.S. this century. IRAP’s new report lays out achievable recommendations for the Biden Administration to expand protections for climate-displaced people. on.nrdc.org/3rOUvql

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Migrant Justice = Climate Justice (thread) “More people now are on the move because of climate-related and environmental disasters. We need our laws to catch up.” - Ama Francis, IRAP (1/5) bostonglobe.com/2021/08/09/opi…

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Junior/future climate lawyers!! Come work with us at Sabin Center doing all sorts of fun climate work. Great team, too (unbiased opinion there!). We seek candidates from a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds.

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New Earth Refuge podcast out on climate displacement highlighting the experience of a South American community. Trailer here: tinyurl.com/89dju7r5

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MAJOR DEVELOPMENT in #climatelitigation: 🇫🇷 France is sentenced to compensate for the damage caused by its inaction to comply with its emission reduction targets. #CaseOfTheCentury See our summary and access the decision below. 👇 bit.ly/3j2l0Wf

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THREAD: Yesterday, the The White House released a landmark report evaluating the impact of climate change on migration. What is actually in the report? IRAP climate displacement expert amafrancis responds: 1/10

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Can you stop #ClimateChange with guns? 🌎🔥 The world’s biggest polluters seem to think so - spending more on arming borders than on climate finance. 👇Watch Bill McKibben share why #ClimateJustice must be prioritized at #COP26. Read more: tni.org/climatewall

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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 Inside Climate News tinyurl.com/32zda93r

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Is international law equipped to respond to growing #displacement as a result of #climatechange? How does it interact w/UN Climate Change processes? UNSW Law & Justice Jane McAdam & DisasterDisplacement @wakaelin discuss in this free American Red Cross webinar 1 week from today. Register: bit.ly/2YuIYST

Is international law equipped to respond to growing #displacement as a result of #climatechange? How does it interact w/<a href="/UNFCCC/">UN Climate Change</a> processes? 
<a href="/UNSWLaw/">UNSW Law & Justice</a> <a href="/profjmcadam/">Jane McAdam</a> &amp; <a href="/DDisplacement/">DisasterDisplacement</a> @wakaelin discuss in this free <a href="/RedCross/">American Red Cross</a> webinar 1 week from today. Register: bit.ly/2YuIYST
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BREAKING: On the last day of #COP26, IRAP and 12 of our partner orgs sent a letter to the The White House to demand concrete action to address climate displacement. THREAD (1/6)

BREAKING: On the last day of #COP26, <a href="/IRAP/">IRAP</a> and 12 of our partner orgs sent a letter to the <a href="/WhiteHouse/">The White House</a> to demand concrete action to address climate displacement. THREAD (1/6)
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‘Border violence profiteering is climate change profiteering’ — here’s why climate justice needs to include migrant communities

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Experts agree – providing pathways to safety for climate-displaced people is *essential* to address climate change. Learn more about the proactive steps that can be taken: bit.ly/ClimateDisplac… #EarthDay #MigrantJusticeIsClimateJustice

Experts agree – providing pathways to safety for climate-displaced people is *essential* to address climate change. Learn more about the proactive steps that can be taken: bit.ly/ClimateDisplac… #EarthDay #MigrantJusticeIsClimateJustice
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“Existing refugee law doesn’t cover all of the circumstances in which people are forced to flee,” says Model International Mobility Convention Senior Fellow Michael Doyle in a Columbia Law School podcast with Sabin Center’s amafrancis. Listen here: carnegiecouncil.co/3OEdWwN

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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.” 👏YES! Magazine