Climate Change Impacts on Human (Im-)Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa
GIZ’s Global Programme ‘Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change’ (GP HMCCC), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), seeks to
address populations severely affected by climate change across several world regions. It is envisaged that the adverse impacts of climate change will, in tandem with other intervening factors, greatly influence human mobility dynamics that have diverse implications for countries in these regions. The study will thus seek to provide an overview of three African regions focusing on three major climate change related slow- and rapid-onset phenomena: (increasing) rainfall variability, flooding and droughts. It will seek to highlight in how far these phenomena are increasing in frequency and strength, whilst examining the impact on human (im-)mobility.
