Knowledge Platform on People on the Move in a Changing Climate
This briefing note examines the extent to which the different dimensions of human mobility have been integrated into the revised, updated, and newly submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Assessing migration in the context of climate change, Nash draws on empirical research to offer a unique analysis of policy-making in the field. This detailed account is a vital step in understanding the links between global discourses on human mobilities, climate change and specific policy responses. An important contribution to several ongoing debates in academia and beyond.
Authors: Biliana Cicin-Sain, Miriam Balgos, Alexis Maxwell, Vanessa C.S.
Migration plays a significant role as a response strategy for coping with climatic and non-climatic drivers of change among vulnerable households in Ghana. At the same time, it exacerbates gendered vulnerabilities with consequences for community resilience and national economic planning.
As climate change and extreme weather events increasingly threaten traditional landscapes and livelihoods of entire communities the need to study its impact on human migration and population displacement has never been greater.
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