Climate change is already increasing the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, and the numbers of natural disasters reported and people affected are rising. However, data on disaster-related displacement has not been consistently collected or analysed. This report presents the results of a study carried out by IDMC and OCHA earlier this year. It provides a first estimate of the number of people newly displaced by sudden-onset climate-related disasters in 2008, and proposes a methodology for ongoing monitoring of their number. It does not present an estimate of the number of people displaced by other climate-change-related drivers, including slow-onset disasters such as drought and sea level rise.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/monitoring-disaster-displacement-context-climate-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/internal-displacement-monitoring-centre
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/migration
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
