‘We Herders Are Often Chased About by Drought’: A Systems Analysis of Natural Resource Degradation Within the Climate–(Im)mobility–Violence–Health Nexus in Sahel

Earth, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 6(1), С. 11 - 11

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2025

This study applies a systems analysis to further our understanding of the many pathways linking climate stress human (im)mobility and interpersonal violence via natural resource within eight countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan) across Sahel region. To illustrate multiple climate–(im)mobility–violence–health nexus, contextual conceptual maps were drawn out based on secondary qualitative data from 24 peer-reviewed journal articles selected search result 394 publications. Even though geography, environment, socio-political context, traditions, cultural history highly diverse, overarching factors that determined people’s health outcomes, in association with violence, very similar. These vulnerability included gendered immobility, conflict, lack social protection, which provide important lessons offer tangible opportunities for policy interventions. The often eroded access resources positive (mental) ended up entrapping people extended cycles exploitation—especially certain intersectional positions disadvantaged groups (whether household, society, or country).

Язык: Английский

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Identifying key drivers of habitability loss reveals pathways for climate change adaptation in the Pacific

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 18, 2025

Pacific islands and atolls face heightened climate risk due to low elevations limited resources. The question of (unin)habitability in these locations is often simplified characteristics hazard exposure, reinforcing assumptions inevitable mass migration. Here we use a multi-dimensional conceptualisation habitability, built from local knowledge, simulate habitability trends the Island nation Kiribati over coming century. We find that water insecurity will be driving factor loss, intensifying under extreme scenarios, while population pressures further constrain show regional disparities lead high internal migration rates, with movement national urban centres preferred abroad. Our work answers calls for holistic locally grounded understanding habitability. By identifying how drivers change time, offer insights targeted timely adaptation.

Язык: Английский

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Empirical evidence from Bangladesh of assessing climate hazard-related loss and damage and state of adaptive capacity to address them

Climate Risk Management, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 31, С. 100273 - 100273

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2021

Under changing climate, more frequent and severe extreme climate events have been causing both economic non-economic losses damages to local communities living in disaster-prone areas. Based on 14 focused group discussions, 20 in-depth interviews, eight key informant this study sought understand the experienced by rural three locations of Bangladesh, which are vulnerable riverine flash floods or cyclones, associated surges & coastal flooding, salinity intrusion. This paper first captured people's perception about different other climatic stressors affecting their lives livelihoods. Considering latest events, estimated loss damage individual households — housing, agriculture, health sectors ranging from US$ 568 1054 per household event. These were highest south-western coast than two flood-prone areas north north-east, since multiple hazards relatively longer impacts coast. As damages, change productive land, stressed mental, emotional, physical wellbeing, sacrificing celebrations, temporary migration, permanent profession common all locations. The also found that increased adaptive capacity enabled address event-related impacts. Households locations, who got exposed information communication technology, as participants a grassroots development project, improved coping adaptation strategies using accessed information, technologies, training. They income agricultural practices diversifying livelihood options. developed leadership, entrepreneurial skills, connectivity with social institutional networks. Building evidence, proposed conceptual framework showcasing relationships anticipated higher scenarios under climate. research concluded investment raising is highly required minimize projected scenarios.

Язык: Английский

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Waiting for the wave, but missing the tide: Case studies of climate-related (im)mobility and health

Journal of Migration and Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 7, С. 100147 - 100147

Опубликована: Дек. 29, 2022

Climate change amplifies health risks, including through the impacts of climate-related displacement. Yet diverse mobility responses in a warming world can also provide pathway for climate adaptation. This article examines connections between climatic and environmental change, human health. It presents case studies across three countries: Fiji, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso. All used qualitative methods, semi-structured interviews, storytelling, group discussions. The Fiji study focuses on relocation coastal village exposed to erosion, flooding saltwater intrusion; it highlights self-reported risks opportunities following relocation. Bangladesh includes seven sites that variously experience flooding, cyclones riverbank erosion; while residents use migration (im)mobility as coping strategy, there are associated particularly those who feel trapped new residence. from Faso seasonal labour Ivory Coast Mali during times drought reduced agricultural productivity, discusses men migrate women remain sending communities. These illustrate is no consistent figure represents 'climate migrant', refugee', or 'trapped' person. Accordingly, we argue where planetary looks highlight 'waves' displacement, may miss 'tide' slower onset changes smaller-scale forms (im)mobility. However, even broadly adaptive - e.g. providing livelihood diversification, away be shaped by socio-political contexts, access healthcare, altered food sources, living working conditions. Responsive solutions required protect promote mobile immobile populations world.

Язык: Английский

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Contextualising environmental and climate change migration in Uganda

Local Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(5), С. 580 - 601

Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2023

The complex linkage between environment, climate change and migration is increasingly capturing global debate. Uganda faces widespread environmental degradation high vulnerability to impacts that cause livelihood hardships, inducing human mobility. However, the nexus not well understood documented, although advocacy address challenges associated with climate-induced migrations on rise. This paper addresses this knowledge gap presents findings from a review of literature, complemented by key informant interviews group discussions conducted in Karamoja, Mt. Elgon Teso sub-regions Uganda. show some socio-economic hardships like natural resources scarcities (water, pastures fertile soils), hunger food insecurity conflicts are linked slow-onset processes/events related degradation, rising temperatures desertification, compounded sudden-onset events/disasters including; drought, rainstorms, flooding landslides, threaten security trigger voluntary forced migrations. Migration also occurs as coping strategy environment shocks stresses. empirical research evidence numbers people who have migrated because or still lacking more focus has been political drivers migration. Deeper incorporates spatial analyses how parameters induce necessary provide an base inform transformative policy processes actions mobility build resilient societies

Язык: Английский

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