Climate change impacts on human (im-)mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent trends and options for policy responses

Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo
Externe Publikationen (2020)

Bonn/Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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This study examines the negative effects of climate change and how they relate to human mobility in designated countries located in East, West and Southern Africa. It outlines the risks on the livelihood faced by many Africans because of increasingly unpredictable weather events that complicate access to primary necessities while deteriorating health infrastructures and slowing down economic growth. Through the lenses of three major climate change impacts – namely: droughts, water scarcity and rainfall variability – it argues that environmental change risks to increase (forced) migration and the number of trapped populations unable to migrate. It concludes with a set of recommendations on how regional policymakers can best deal with future migration movements.

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Schraven, Benjamin

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