National Climate Change Communication Strategy
Year of publication
2020
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Disaster-related events, Generic references to climate
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
B
Gender marker
B
Human rights marker
C
There have been widespread impacts such as damage to infrastructure, low food production, undernourishment, economic instability, loss of livelihoods, social disturbances, high illness and death rates, interrupted hydropower supply, displacement of communities, relocation to unplanned settlements, seaweed emergence along the coast and saline water invasion.
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