National Adaptation Programme of Action for Climate Change (NAPA)
Year of publication
2009
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
Drought
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Sudden-onset
Sub-region
Southern Asia
Region
Southern Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
Drought ultimately endangers the viability of rural livelihoods frequently decimating entire families and communities, both forcing migration to urban centers in search of work and generating an increase in illegal activities as a switch is made to opium poppy, a crop that resists drought and for which traders provide loans and inputs.
Ps. 70 (See Table 08) and 80