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Guidebook on Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa: A Practical Guide towards Sustainable Development

Guidebook on Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa: A Practical Guide towards Sustainable Development

Climate Change
Other
2011
Year of publication
2011
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border, Internal
Type of environmental driver
Drought, Flood, Sea-level rise
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Regional instruments Member countries
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome, Principe, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Republic of, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Algeria, Egypt, Arab Rep, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sahrawi Republic, Tunisia, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Sub-region
Multiple
Region
Multiple
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
B
Gender marker
B
Human rights marker
B

Drought in rural areas may be a major trigger for in-migration to urban areas, further stressing urban infrastructure.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

Where natural disasters are becoming more frequent and intense, a child is at high risk of disrupted education, injury, forced migration and death.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

Environmental migration of indigenous peoples may be caused by climate change related developments, e.g. sea level rise, extreme weather patterns, floodings etc.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

Integrating climate change into issues of common concern such as environmentally triggered migration and trans-boundary water management are inexistent.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

It has been found that Drought had led to displacement of some groups from northern central and southern part of the state.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

The massive population displacement has always been accompanied by significant human suffering and environmental damage.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

The causes for disasters, displacement, and migration, are manifold, however, climate change is one of the interlinking issues.

Ps. 43, 47, 109, 190, 191, 199

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).