Commentary: Getting out of the climate migration ghetto: Understanding climate degradation and migration as processes of social inequalities

Migration and climate.

Migration pattern and risk management of climate induced displaced people of coastal area in Bangladesh

Climate displaced persons generally follow the same trails as other migrants, but climate-induced displacement is adding to the pace and scale of human mobility. The prime aim of the study was to investigate the rural to urban migration of climate induced displacement in coastal area of Bangladesh addressing to risks and opportunities. The study mainly based on primary data and secondary data w...

Food Security’s Unholy Trinity — Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Migration

It has been estimated that almost one billion people – or one in seven out of the global population are either hungry or acutely malnourished. Among the most recent additions to this statistic are an estimated 43 million people affected by severe food shortages in Yemen and sub-Saharan Africa. However, food insecurity is also experienced by communities in the developed world. In 2011, for examp...

The health impacts of climate-related migration

BACKGROUND Changes in climate, in conjunction with other drivers of mobility, shape human migration. While there is an increasing focus on the adaptive potential of migration, the health impacts of climate-related migration, including planned relocation and forced displacement, have not been thoroughly examined. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that migration is currently, a...

Climate variability and migration in the Philippines

This study investigates the effects of climatic variations and extremes captured by variability in temperature, precipitation, and incidents of typhoons on aggregate inter-provincial migration within the Philippines using panel data. Our results indicate that a rise in temperature and to some extent increased typhoon activity increase outmigration, while precipitation does not have a consistent...