
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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12-09-2019 15:28:27
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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.

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


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


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


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





“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


"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

