This brief article advocates for a systemic, long-term, development-oriented approach to climate-induced displacement, alongside humanitarian responses.
The authors draw on an analysis of 42 National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and 166 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). NAPs are submitted by developing states to Conferences of the Parties (COP) and detail their medium- and long-term adaptation priorities and strategies. NDCs are climate action plans to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts.
JDC Literature Review
Results for: 2023
Local Responses to Climate Change and Disaster-Related Migration in Solomon Islands
Communities in Solomon Islands are acutely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Eighty percent of the population live in coastal areas vulnerable to sea level rise, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion, and severe weather events such as drought, tropical cyclones, and flooding. Most services, infrastructure, and agricultural production are also concentrated in these vulnerable coastal areas. Climate-related displacement due to natural disasters is already occurring, including relocation of whole communities from low-lying atolls to urban areas, as well as some rural-to-rural migration.
The Toll of Drought on Displaced and Vulnerable Persons in Somalia
This brief examines the impact of drought on displaced populations and their host communities in Somalia. Between October 2021 and February 2023, a prolonged, acute drought in Somalia displaced an estimated 1.4 million people.
Climate refugees or labour migrants? Climate reductive translations of women’s migration from coastal Bangladesh
This article examines the multifaceted socio-economic and environmental causes of migration from coastal regions in Bangladesh.
The analysis is based on qualitative research undertaken by the author in multiple sites in southwest coastal Bangladesh between August 2014 and July 2015. The research included in-depth interviews with development professionals in Dhaka and Khulna cities, observation of village life in the two unions of Nodi, and a qualitative survey of around 400 households in Nodi.
Climate change increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan
This paper examines the role of human-induced climate change in the extreme monsoon rainfall that led to widespread flooding in Pakistan in 2022. The flooding affected over 33 million people, destroyed 1.7 million homes, and caused nearly 1,500 deaths, with disproportionate effects among vulnerable populations.
Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
The Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) summarizes the state of knowledge of climate change, its impacts and risks, and climate change mitigation and adaptation, based on peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and socio-economic literature published since the release of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in 2014.
Global Report on Internal Displacement 2023: Internal Displacement and Food Insecurity
The 2023 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) presents global figures for internal displacement due to conflict and violence and disasters. This year’s report also includes a special section on the intersecting dynamics and consequences of displacement and food insecurity.
Social integration of Syrian refugees and their intention to stay in Germany
This paper analyzes the determinants of social and economic integration of Syrian refugees and the impact of social and integration on refugees’ decision to remain in Germany. Germany hosted almost 600,000 Syrian refugees between 2014 and 2016.
Mapping of nighttime light trends and refugee population changes in Ukraine during the Russian–Ukrainian War
This study uses nighttime light measurements to quantify changes in nighttime lighting and the refugee population in Ukraine before and after Russia’s invasion. The authors also evaluate the effectiveness of these new methods for estimating refugee population changes during the war.
Nowcasting Daily Population Displacement in Ukraine through Social Media Advertising Data
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered the rapid displacement of millions of refugees into neighboring countries and the displacement of millions of Ukrainians within the country. In conflict and crisis situations such as this one, representative survey data quickly become outdated, primary data collection is challenging if not impossible, and the dynamic nature of population changes requires high-frequency measurement not suited to traditional data gathering techniques.