Facing the Challenge of Environmental Migration in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank | September 2011
Abstract
This policy brief explains how the adoption of timely policies and programs can convert environmental migration from a threat into an opportunity to promote improved livelihoods and sustainable development. An ADB project that is developing policy and financing responses to environmental migration has determined that climate change will increase forced migration due to environmental disruptions in Asia and the Pacific. However, the adoption of timely policies and programs can convert such migration from a threat into an opportunity to promote improved livelihoods and sustainable development. The project emphasizes the importance of boosting the capacity and resilience of vulnerable communities.
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Asian Development Bank. 2011. Facing the Challenge of Environmental Migration in Asia and the Pacific. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/581. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
978-92-9092-424-1
ISSN
2218-2675
Keywords
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Rural Development
Rural Development Projects
Rural Development Research
Climatic change
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