South Africas Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

South Africas Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Climate Change
Other
2011
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Year of publication
2011
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT GENERAL - Population movement as a possible impact of climate change.
Sub-region
Southern Africa
Region
Southern Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
Department of Environmental Affairs
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

Climatic perturbations are injurious to humans either directly (e.g. through heat stress), or indirectly (by affecting floods, fires, and ecosystem services), leading to changes in the epidemiology or emergence of infectious diseases and famines, and ultimately to displacement and conflict.

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