Under A Changing Sky – The Effects of Climate Change on South Asia
Channel: IOM Bangladesh
Date: 2017-01-16

This video was filmed during the implementation of the IOM Development Fund funded project "Assessing the climate change, environmental degradation and migration nexus in South Asia", a regional project in Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives to provide an assessment of climate change, environmental degradation and migration dynamics based on which a Model Plan of Action for strategic interventions has been drafted. This will form the basis for a regional framework to address the challenges related to the migration-environment and climate change nexus in South Asia. 

South Asia, comprising eight countries including Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal, is affected by a range of natural disasters including floods, glacial lake outburst floods, storm surges, droughts, cyclones and heavy precipitation. These disasters take a huge toll as they displace thousands of people every year. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that slow-onset and sudden-onset disasters will increase in severity and frequency, threatening lives and livelihoods across the region. To provide evidence to this issue and assess these trends, the International Organization for Migration has produced an assessment study on climate change, environmental degradation and migration in South Asia. The study contains a review of literature and policies, as well as findings from field research conducted in Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal. To ensure that climate migration is comprehensively addressed, the study also contains model plans of action ‒ developed after a consultative process at the national level ‒ that can be implemented.


The final report is available here: http://www.iom.org.bd/images/publication/1484797618_Assessing%20the%20Climate%20Change,%20Environmental%20Degradation%20&%20Migration%20Nexus%20in%20South%20Asia.pdf