Nepal Second National Communication to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Year of publication
2015
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Migration, Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Flooding, Landslide
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
Impacts on human settlements from climate change may be direct due to extreme events, as well as indirect through effects on other sectors like changes in water supply, agriculture productivity, and human migration (IPCC, 1996). Climate change may increase the vulnerability of infrastructure due to increased flooding and landslides., Some of the major impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security reported are: [...] iv) increased unemployment and rate of migration; [...].
Ps. XX, 134, 170
Many of the adaptive strategies identified as feasible in the management of climate change directly or indirectly involve [...] settlement and relocation or redesigning flood control measures, [...].
Ps. XX, 134, 170