Tackling complexity: integrating responses to internal displacements, extreme climate events, and pandemics

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2024

Autores

Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel (Autor) Outra; Lima, Gabriela Narcizo de (Autor) FLUP; Suarez-Herrera, José Carlos (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Climate

Vol. 12 Nº 3

Editora: MDPI

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DOI: 10.3390/cli12030031

Abstract (EN): Background: During 2020 and 2021, over 50.2 million individuals were forced to leave their homes to escape the impacts of climate-related disasters, unable to practice social isolation or self-quarantine. A considerable proportion of them reside in densely populated areas with a lack of basic services such as water and sanitation and limited access to essential healthcare. This study aimed to estimate the internal displacements during 2020 and 2021 due to climate-related events, and review the evidence for proposing policy recommendations. Methods: Data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre were used for assessing internal displacement by disasters during 2020 and 2021. In addition, the authors conducted a bibliographic review to analyse the responses to internal displacements in climate-related disasters. Results: There were 883 severe storms and 1567 flood events resulting in 50.2 million internal displacements globally. Through the documents reviewed, the legal framework, the vulnerabilities and current challenges of internally displaced persons, and the response policy recommendations were analysed. Conclusions: The increased awareness of displacement and migration, particularly driven by climate-related factors, aligns with international agreements emphasising coordinated action. This recognition becomes even more critical in the context of the convergence of climate-related displacements and the potential for future pandemics.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 13