Crystal Ching Chow

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Crystal Chow is an award-winning Hong Kong journalist with nearly 8 years of experience in covering Southeast Asian affairs, global environmental and development issues for various Chinese-language media outlets. Dedicated to shine light on the multifaceted human impacts of climate change in the context of developing countries, her story project explores the relations between disaster-induced displacement and human trafficking in the Central Philippines as well as the gender-sensitive approach for community disaster response. She holds an MSc in Global Energy and Climate Policy from SOAS, University of London.

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Canary in the Coalmine: Climate crises and trafficking are more connected than one might think

As widespread environmental catastrophe looms larger, climate-driven migration crises are becoming a stark reality. Record-breaking Typhoon Haiyan, which swept across the Central Philippines in November 2013, claimed some 6,000 lives and displaced more than four…