Minority and indigenous groups across the world are among the hardest hit by climate change and often disproportionately affected by climate-related disasters but their plight has yet to be recognised by the international community, a new briefing says.
A study of several recent environmental disasters across the world shows that it is minority and indigenous groups that have been worst affected by changing weather patterns but in most cases when a disaster strikes help and relief reach them last, Minority Rights Group International says in their Climate Change and Minorities briefing.
As 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the state of Israel takes place this week the country’s minority rights record remains a major concern. Palestinian citizens of Israel continue to face state and societal discrimination and minority rights are often compromised on national security grounds. More...
As a massive international relief effort gets underway to help hundreds of thousands of Burmese affected by the recent cyclone, MRG calls on the UN and international aid agencies to make sure that ethnic minorities are not left out of the process. More...
Matilde Ceravolo, MRG’s Fundraising Assistant, reflects on te similarities and differences of two cities caught up in ethnic feuding. Read more...
Also, Media Officer Farah Mihlar travels to New York, to attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which this year is focusing on the impact of climate change on indigenous peoples. Read more...
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