ECOWAS DRR Plan of Action
Year of publication
2015
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Drought, Sea level rise
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Regional instruments Member countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
In the last 20 years, due to their geography, the Sahel countries of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, have experienced drought occurrences with devastating population displacement
Ps. 4, 6
For low-lying coastal areas, such as those in Lagos, Nigeria or St Louis, Senegal, a rise in sea level or major erosion from flooding threatens infrastructure, might cause population displacement and socio-economic disruption.
Ps. 4, 6
Risks associated with climate change have serious direct and indirect impacts on lives and livelihoods in the form of increased number of injuries and deaths related to extreme heat, and cold weather events, outbreaks of epidemics, malnutrition, and food and water contamination, forced migration among others.
Ps. 4, 6