Lesotho’s Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Lesotho’s Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Climate Change
Other
2013
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Year of publication
2013
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Rural-urban
Type of environmental driver
Land degradation
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Slow-onset
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT GENERAL - Land degradation as a driver of migration in rural areas.
Sub-region
Southern Africa
Region
Southern Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
Ministry of Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

Lesotho is faced with the following potential and existing impacts of land degradation: [...] migration.

Ps. 23, 92

The other compounding factors include soil erosion, competition between crops and livestock for land, loss of arable land to human habitation due to increased migration to lowlands and high poverty levels.

Ps. 23, 92

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