This thematic series explores the scale, patterns, drivers and impacts of internal displacement associated with slow-onset environmental change and disasters to inform policies and practices for managing and reducing displacement risk.
Internal displacement associated with slow-onset environmental change and disasters is a complex and dynamic phenomenon. Often hard to distinguish from internal migration, displacement driven by gradually evolving environmental change is primarily a development issue.
It is difficult to paint a consistent picture of displacement associated with slow-onset events because of the wide range of phenomena, impacts, drivers and types of movement they provoke and regions they affect. It is neither easy to characterise, nor easy to plan for, and more concrete examples and evidence of how displacement occurs in different situations is needed to inform more solid risk assessments and evaluations of appropriate policy responses.
From basic needs to the recovery of livelihoods: Local integration of people displaced by drought in Ethiopia
This report explores the current situation of IDPs three years after the 2017 drought in Ethiopia's Somali region, looking at the same locations as the research carried out in 2019.
It examines local integration efforts carried out through livelihoods projects and how these can serve as durable solutions to displacement.
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Christelle Cazabat We are always looking to strengthen and expand our existing partnerships. If you are interested in working with us on slow-onset disaster displacement, please contact christelle.cazabat@idmc.ch. Have a look at our other research areas. |
