3 million people in Mexico could be displaced by climate change by 2050. Lessons learned from a rushed resettlement underscore what governments owe to climate-displaced communities—not only after homes wash away, but also long before.
Nina Lakhani
Nina Lakhani has reported from more than a dozen countries including six years investigating health scandals, deaths in custody and honor-based violence for The Independent newspapers in London and seven years freelancing in Mexico and Central America covering state-sponsored repression, consequences of the war on drugs, gender-based violence and the battle for natural resources. Most recently she spent six years as senior climate and environmental justice reporter for the Guardian based in New York covering the intersection between structural racism and poverty with extreme weather events, the climate impact of war, and the criminalization of defenders, as well unequal access to water, food and clean air across the US. She is the author of Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet which has been translated into Spanish, French and Italian, and is a contributor to the 2025 anthology Gaza: the Story of a Genocide (chapter: Ecocide in Gaza). Before journalism she was a mental health nurse, and a proponent of trauma informed reporting. She is based in Mexico City.
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Displaced | Desplazado
By 2050, as many as 1 in 8 people around the world will be at risk of displacement by sea level rise, drought, wildfires, extreme heat and other climate disasters. Drilled global climate justice reporter Nina Lakhani and award-winning photojournalist Daniele Volpe traveled to Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia to meet communities on the front lines […]
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Everything You Need to Know about COP 31 | The Spill
The 31st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP31) kicks off in Türkiye in a couple weeks. Drilled climate reporters — and COP veterans — Nina Lakhani, Amy Westervelt, and Royce Kurmelovs download everything you need to know as the talks commence. Plus, Nina interviews climate activist Harjeet Singh about what the climate […]
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Three Climate Journalists Take on Digger | The Spill
Climate journalists Amy Westervelt, Nina Lakhani and Alleen Brown share whether they loved or hated the polarizing, big budget, box office flop, Digger. Plus a discussion on the role of pop culture in confronting the climate crisis and some of the team’s favorite socially conscious music and movies. In the second half of the episode, […]
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Garifuna land defenders vs. Survivor (as in the TV show) | The Spill
Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.
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The Spill: Drilled’s Weekly Videocast
Bringing you analysis of the latest climate news and media trends, plus interviews with authors, experts, journalists, filmmakers and more!
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Carbon Credit Markets Have a Human Rights Problem | The Spill
Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.
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Welcome to “The Spill,” Our New Weekly Newscast | The Spill
Bringing you analysis of the latest climate news and media trends, plus interviews with authors, experts, journalists, filmmakers and more!
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An Historic Step and a Long Road Ahead: the Santa Marta Climate Conference
The first ever international conference focused on transitioning off of fossil fuels took place in Santa Marta, Colombia in April 2026. It was a historic step, but also revealed just how difficult it will be to change entrenched systems.
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What to Expect at the Santa Marta Climate Conference
Colombia and the Netherlands will host government ministers, scientists, Indigenous peoples, and civil society groups from at least 50 states, determined to work together to figure out a just transition away from fossil fuels.
