In the Horn of Africa, the human movement has been a crucial resilience driver, especially for the pastoralist community. However, the slow onset of events like droughts, water scarcity, rising sea levels, desertification, deforestation, and coastal erosion has increased climate-induced migration.
By 2050, the World Bank says climate change will cause more than 200 million people could migrate, with most movement occurring within countries.
Today, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) East and the Horn of Africa migration, environment, and climate change thematic specialists Lisa Lim AH Ken talks to use about climate-induced migration as drought bites the Horn of Africa countries.
Click on the link below to listen:The fourth year of a consecutive drought in the East and Horn of Africa has resulted in livestock and livelihood loss. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says more than one million people have been displaced in Somalia, fleeing their homes in search of pasture, water and food. The 2020-2022 drought has surpassed the horrific 2010-2011 and 2016-2017 droughts in both duration and severity.
The critical reason nations must not backtrack on their climate actions ahead of the UN climate summit (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Reports show the trend will continue to deepen in the months ahead, with shattering effects. Across the Horn of Africa, at least 36.1 million in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia will be affected by severe drought this coming October.