Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration
This report, which focuses on three regions—Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America that together represent 55 percent of the developing world’s population—finds that climate change will push tens of millions of people to migrate within their countries by 2050. It projects that without con...
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okr-10986-294612021-09-09T16:32:34Z Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration Rigaud, Kanta Kumari de Sherbinin, Alex Jones, Bryan Bergmann, Jonas Clement, Viviane Ober, Kayly Schewe, Jacob Adamo, Susana McCusker, Brent Heuser, Silke Midgley, Amelia CLIMATE CHANGE MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON DEMOGRAPHICS POVERTY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE IMPACT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE MIGRATION This report, which focuses on three regions—Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America that together represent 55 percent of the developing world’s population—finds that climate change will push tens of millions of people to migrate within their countries by 2050. It projects that without concrete climate and development action, just over 143 million people—or around 2.8 percent of the population of these three regions—could be forced to move within their own countries to escape the slow-onset impacts of climate change. They will migrate from less viable areas with lower water availability and crop productivity and from areas affected by rising sea level and storm surges. The poorest and most climate vulnerable areas will be hardest hit. These trends, alongside the emergence of “hotspots” of climate in- and out-migration, will have major implications for climate-sensitive sectors and for the adequacy of infrastructure and social support systems. The report finds that internal climate migration will likely rise through 2050 and then accelerate unless there are significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and robust development action. 2018-03-15T20:16:21Z 2018-03-15T20:16:21Z 2018-03-19 Report https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/infographic/2018/03/19/groundswell---preparing-for-internal-climate-migration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29461 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Latin America & Caribbean South Asia Latin America South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa |
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CLIMATE CHANGE MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON DEMOGRAPHICS POVERTY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE IMPACT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE MIGRATION |
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CLIMATE CHANGE MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON DEMOGRAPHICS POVERTY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE IMPACT INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE MIGRATION Rigaud, Kanta Kumari de Sherbinin, Alex Jones, Bryan Bergmann, Jonas Clement, Viviane Ober, Kayly Schewe, Jacob Adamo, Susana McCusker, Brent Heuser, Silke Midgley, Amelia Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration |
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This report, which focuses on three regions—Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America that together represent 55 percent of the developing world’s population—finds that climate change will push tens of millions of people to migrate within their countries by 2050. It projects that without concrete climate and development action, just over 143 million people—or around 2.8 percent of the population of these three regions—could be forced to move within their own countries to escape the slow-onset impacts of climate change. They will migrate from less viable areas with lower water availability and crop productivity and from areas affected by rising sea level and storm surges. The poorest and most climate vulnerable areas will be hardest hit. These trends, alongside the emergence of “hotspots” of climate in- and out-migration, will have major implications for climate-sensitive sectors and for the adequacy of infrastructure and social support systems. The report finds that internal climate migration will likely rise through 2050 and then accelerate unless there are significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and robust development action. |
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Rigaud, Kanta Kumari de Sherbinin, Alex Jones, Bryan Bergmann, Jonas Clement, Viviane Ober, Kayly Schewe, Jacob Adamo, Susana McCusker, Brent Heuser, Silke Midgley, Amelia |
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Rigaud, Kanta Kumari de Sherbinin, Alex Jones, Bryan Bergmann, Jonas Clement, Viviane Ober, Kayly Schewe, Jacob Adamo, Susana McCusker, Brent Heuser, Silke Midgley, Amelia |
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Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration |
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Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration |
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Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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