Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities, an estimated 2.6 million are elderly, and over 30.5 million are children and youth. As world governments sharpen their negotiation skills to bargain for better deals for their respective countries and regions, I would suggest cities to… Continue reading Cities need net-zero commitments as climate induced internally displaced people keeps increasing
Tag: Climate Migrants
Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?
Ambika Chawla Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promise for helping overwhelmed communities deal with an influx of climate migrants from rural areas. When the rains never arrived in the East African nation of Somalia in 2016, nor in 2017, hundreds of thousands of rural residents were forced to abandon their… Continue reading Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?
South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030
Soumya Sarkar Unless South Asian countries start working quickly, and in cooperation, they could soon be flooded by tens of millions of climate migrants. Tens of millions of people are migrating or are being displaced in South Asia due to disasters brought on by climate change, and the number could rise three-fold in 30 years… Continue reading South Asia could see 40 million climate migrants by 2030