Climate Change

Existential climate-related security risk: a scenario approach

A new report by Australian climate experts warns that "climate change now represents a near- to mid-term existential threat" to human civilization.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
Breakthrough - National Centre for Climate Restoration
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Migration, Droughts, Sea Level Rise
Climate Change

Global warming could create 'greater migratory pressure from Africa'

Europe can expect even greater migratory pressure from Africa unless action is taken to prevent global warming, Sir David Attenborough has said in a strongly worded warning to policymakers that tim

Publication Date: 
12/04/2019
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Migration, Climate Impacts, Africa, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases
Health

New HIV infections reduce by 37% in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Efforts to reduce new HIV infections in the state have started showing results.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2019
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Migration, Population, AIDS, Health Effects, Health
Climate Change

Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

On Dec. 17, 2010, a 26-year-old Tunisian fruit vendor named Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest the confiscation of his produce.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2019
Eco Business
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Conflicts, Migration, Droughts, Floods, Extreme Weather Events, Global
People

Government of Zimbabwe Develops National Migration Policy

Mutare – The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ), through the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, is developing its National Migration Policy with support from the International Organization f

Publication Date: 
01/04/2019
Relief Web
Tags:
People, Migration, Zimbabwe, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Development, Africa
Wildlife

The Serengeti-Mara squeeze -- One of the world's most iconic ecosystems under pressure

Increased human activity around one of Africa's most iconic ecosystems is 'squeezing the wildlife in its core', damaging habitation and disrupting the migration routes of wildebeest, zebra and gaze

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Science Daily
Tags:
Wildlife, Ecosystems, Tanzania, National Parks, Habitat, Migration, Africa
Habitat And Urbanisation

Migration and urbanization in post-apartheid South Africa

Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, know little about the process of urbanization across the continent. The paper exploits a natural experiment, the abolition of South African pass laws, to explore how exogenous population shocks affect the spatial distribution of economic activity.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2019
Jan David Bakker, Christopher Parsons, Ferdinand Rauch
The World Bank
Tags:
Migration, Urbanisation, Economy, South Africa
Climate Change

Climate change profile: Greater Horn of Africa

This climate change profile is designed to help integrate climate actions into development activities. It complements the publication ‘Climate-smart = Future-Proof!

Publication Date: 
05/02/2019
Government of the Netherlands
Tags:
Climate Change, Conflicts, Migration, Finance, Africa
Climate Change

Climate, conflict and forced migration

Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe. Exploiting bilateral data on asylum seeking applications for 157 countries over the period 2006–2015, we assess the determinants of refugee flows using a gravity model which accounts for endogenous selection in order to examine the causal link between climate, conflict and forced migration.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Guy J. Abel, Michael Brottrager, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma & et al
Global Environmental Change
54
239-249
Tags:
Climate Change, Conflicts, Migration, Displacement, Rainfall Pattern, Drought, Natural Disaster, Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Floods, Storms, Sea Level Rise, Cyclones, Syria, Refugees
Food Policy

Regional overview of food security and nutrition: Europe and Central Asia 2018

More than 14 million adults, and some 4.7 million children in Europe and Central Asia suffer from severe food insecurity - as defined by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said in a report.

Publication Date: 
11/12/2018
FAO
Tags:
Food Security, Nutrition, Obesity, Migration, Women, Rural Development, Europe, Asia, Sustainable Development

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