Deltas, vulnerability and climate change: migration and adaptation
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2015
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Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
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Large tracts of land at low elevation make deltas vulnerable to climate change impacts like sea level rise. With some of the highest population densities in the world, deltas are also subject to the stresses of urbanization and intensive land use; factors that can drive migration. The paper is an introductory brief about Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA), a 5-year programme of applied research on opportunities and challenges for sustainable development in deltas in Ghana, India and Bangladesh. The research aims to guide allocation of climate finance for large-scale implementation of climate adaptation policies and options in the three deltas.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Deltas, vulnérabilité et changements climatiques: migration et adaptation
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DELTAS, SEA LEVEL, CLIMATOLOGY, FLOODS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, MIGRATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, GHANA--VOLTA, INDIA--BRAHMAPUTRA-MEGHNA, BANGLADESH--GANGES, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER-SPECIFIC ADAPTATION, CLIMATE FINANCE, RESEARCH NETWORKS