CLIMATE CHANGE
Welcome to the HTS Climate Change Resource Database. This page serves as a resource hub for articles, blogs, films and podcasts on the intersection of the climate change and climate refugees, distress migration, labor trafficking, the green energy movement and modern-day slavery.
March 10, 2023
‘Guest worker programs are a complete failure in the US. They hurt immigrant workers and employers.’ Photograph: Resilience Force In his …
March 10, 2023
A growing group of laborers is trailing hurricanes and wildfires the way farmworkers follow crops, contracting for big disaster-recovery firms, and facing …
February 27, 2023
The climate crisis is here, and people are feeling the consequences now. Climate induced migration and displacement are putting populations on …
January 9, 2023
Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change. According to the new World Bank report “Groundswell …
January 9, 2023
A popular supposition is that natural disasters generate immediate criminal activity by human traffickers. There is little evidence to support …
January 9, 2023
Millions of climate-displaced people are victims of modern slavery. They end up in forced labor or debt bondage, have to …
January 9, 2023
This is the first part of a three-part cooperation between ProPublica and the New York Times. To see all relevant …
November 29, 2022
A ‘certificate of origin’ scheme could counter concerns about renewables supply chains, says Clean Energy Council The Australian clean energy …
November 10, 2022
The report heard around the world The world has been united in horror following the “code red for humanity” declared …
July 25, 2022
In response to mounting public pressure, companies have moved rapidly to launch media campaigns highlighting their commitment to a green …
July 14, 2022
A ruined house a little way down the valley from a mudslide. The brown mark shows how high the torrent …
June 21, 2022
Climate change increases the risk of natural disasters and places a strain on livelihoods; it exacerbates poverty and can potentially …
June 21, 2022
Internally displaced Somali women sit with their children as they wait for malnutrition screening at the Dollow hospital in Dollow, …
June 21, 2022
Representative image. Credit: AFP Photo While climate change is worsening poverty and inequality in the country, policymakers have rarely considered …
June 21, 2022
We know very little about the impact of climate change on human trafficking. Anecdotal evidence from countries across the world — according …
June 8, 2022
Developing countries are losing wealth as they are hit by extreme weather and rising seas, says V20, amid calls for …
May 25, 2022
Women wait for relief distribution in the Lakhimpur district, Assam, India in September 2020. The Kakoi river in the background …
May 24, 2022
April 24 marked nine years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Just the day before, dangerous structural …
May 16, 2022
Inequality is rampant across the global economy, and the agro-food sector is no exception. At the top, big supermarkets and …
May 10, 2022
Executive Summary Rampant labor exploitation in temporary migration schemes, climate crisis, prevalent vaccine apartheid, tragedies at borders and in detention …
May 10, 2022
The exploitation of workers is at an all-time high. However, traditional concepts of slavery combined with gendered expectations means that …
April 13, 2022
In 2021, global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled. This year, automakers are projected to make another huge gain, …
March 28, 2022
Foreword Human migration and mobility may well be age-old phenomena touching almost every society around the world. However, they have …
March 21, 2022
Children have become an important part of large-scale population movements both within and between countries and are likely to be …
March 6, 2022
This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) presents key findings of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report …
February 8, 2022
The Road to Ruin? Electric vehicles and workers’ rights abuses at DR Congo’s industrial cobalt mines
Executive Summary Cobalt is everywhere. It is a silvery-blue mineral used in the rechargeable batteries that power our mobile phones, …
November 3, 2021
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of mobility. The report Groundswell Part II: Acting on Internal Climate Migration …
November 3, 2021
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of mobility. The report Groundswell Part II: Acting on Internal Climate Migration …
November 3, 2021
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of mobility. The report Groundswell Part II: Acting on Internal Climate Migration …
November 3, 2021
Executive summary Modern slavery and climate change have emerged as concurrent crises in the contemporary world. While these phenomena have …
November 1, 2021
Climate change affects everyone. Changing weather patterns have left millions of people at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods; environmental degradation …
November 1, 2021
Image: Haze following forest fires in Riau, Indonesia. Photo by: Aulia Erlangga / CIFOR / CC BY-NC-ND In response to the urgent …
September 24, 2021
Executive summary Contemporary forms of slavery are often categorised as slavery, slavery-like practices, bonded labour, debt bondage and forced sexual …
September 24, 2021
This sequel to the Groundswell report includes projections and analysis of internal climate migration for three new regions: East Asia …
September 24, 2021
Extreme weather events in India made women, children more vulnerable to modern slavery, flags report
Climate change-induced extreme weather events put women, children and minorities at risk of modern slavery and human trafficking. The phenomenon …
September 24, 2021
Millions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern …
September 21, 2021
BARCELONA, Sept 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Salamatu, 22, from northern Ghana, has worked as a porter in Accra for …
February 16, 2021
Originally published in: Earth Refuge The world is reckoning with the mounting strain of climate change. While the U.S. confronts …
May 9, 2018
At least 21 million people globally are victims of human trafficking, typically involving either sexual exploitation or forced labor. This …