UN Human Rights — Climate Change & Migration

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2021 - Ongoing | UN Human Rights

Many harmful narratives surrounding climate change and migration focus on the threat posed by climate change-induced migration. But these narratives can be divisive, and they can trigger fear.

I was commissioned by UN Human Rights for this project that aims to change the narrative on migration and climate change by promoting hope-based stories of migrants and communities working together to address the adverse impacts of climate change.

Together, using stories like these, and celebrating the power of community, we believe we can create local solutions to climate change.

Written by: Christina MacGillivray from United Nations Human Rights Office
Illustrated by: Magda Castría

1. Climate Change and Migration: The Power of the Collective | EN
Produced in partnership with UTT (Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Tierra)

2. Climate Change and Migration: Restoring the Sacredness of Migration EN | ES | FR
Produced in partnership with Run4Salmon

3. Climate Change and Migration: Growing a Shared Vision of Hope | EN
Produced in partnership with One Billion Trees for Africa

4. Climate Change and Migration: Building a Coalition to Protect Our Collective Future | EN | ES | FR
Produced in partnership with Suluafi Brianna Fruean

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Climate Change and Migration:

The Power of the Collective

Produced in partnership with UTT (Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Tierra)

When we started talking about this project, Christina MacGillivray was seeking for those hope-based stories from different parts of the world to share. So I shared the most inspiring story I knew in my country, the story of UTT. Thanks to Christina that gave me the space to propose that, this first story is based on UTT.

And thanks to this project and Agu Jaurena I had the opportunity to visit one of the UTT's community and met amazing powerful women, proud to feed the people with healthy and exploitation free food, who kindly shared their stories with us. It is imposible to reduce that to only 10 panels, but Christina did an amazing job on the script and I left my heart on every detail. I even put the plants in the order that Rosalía explained, including aromatic plants in the middle to get the bugs away. Because it is that simple, another way of production is not only possible, it is more accesible and sustainable when you go with instead of against nature's cycles and, as Marta said, when you treat the land as a family member. 💚 Here are some pictures from our visit:

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Illustration process

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Final artwork

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Climate Change and Migration:

Restoring the Sacredness of Migration

Produced in partnership with Run4Salmon

The Run4Salmon movement is led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe near Mt. Shasta, California. Along with the support of a collective of Indigenous women, activists, and allies they aim to restore the chinook salmon and return them to their home waters in their ancestral watershed following the historic pathway which was blocked 75 years ago when Shasta Dam was built.

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Illustration process

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Final artwork

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Climate Change and Migration:

Growing a Shared Vision of Hope

Produced in partnership with One Billion Trees for Africa

One Billion Trees for Africa is an initiative that has planted over 3 million trees between 2010 and 2020, restored over 80 hectares of land and created 77 forest landscape restoration jobs. It all started with one tree 💚 Spread the seeds! 🌱✨

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Illustration process