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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

 

Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific [13 March 2012]

http://beta.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2012/addressing-climate-change-migration.pdf

[full-text, 94 pages]

 

Press Release 13 March 2012

Climate-Linked Migration Poses Growing Humanitarian Threat - Study

http://beta.adb.org/news/climate-linked-migration-poses-growing-humanitarian-threat-study

 

 

Description

Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, making more geographic places inhospitable to human habitation and secure livelihoods. This report presents a detailed picture of the potential impacts of climate change on migration in Asia and the Pacific. It draws upon a wealth of research to provide policy makers with informed analysis of an emerging phenomenon requiring urgent attention by governments and the international community. The report also suggests that climate-induced migration should be seen not only as a threat to human well-being but also as a potential tool to promote human adaptation to climate change.

 

Contents

•Foreword

•Executive Summary

•Introduction

•Part I: Assessing the Evidence

◦Methodological Issues and Caveats

◦Migration Patterns

◦Climate Change Impacts

◦How Climate Change Will Affect Migration

•Part II: Addressing the Issue

◦Framing Climate-Induced Migration in a Development Agenda

◦Strengthening Adaptation Through Migration

◦Improving the Knowledge Base

◦International Cooperation

◦Funding Climate-Induced Migration

◦Recommendations

◦Conclusion

•Bibliography

 

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