Migration and household adaptation in climate-sensitive hotspots in South Asia
2020
Maharjan, Amina | de Campos, Ricardo Safra | Singh, Chandni | Das, Shouvik | Srinivas, Arjun | Bhuiyan, Mohammad Rashed Alam | Ishaq, Sultan | Umar, Muhammad Awais | Dilshad, Tanzina | Shrestha, Krity | Bhadwal, Suruchi | Ghosh, Tuhin | Suckall, Natalie | Vincent, Katharine | Gilmore, E.
South Asia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, owing to the high dependency on climate-sensitive livelihoods and recurrent extreme events. Consequently, an increasing number of households are adopting labour migration as a livelihood strategy to diversify incomes, spread risks, and meet aspirations. Under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) initiative, four research consortia have investigated migration patterns and their inherent linkages to adaptation to climate change in climate hotspots. This article synthesizes key findings in a regional context in South Asia. Migration is an important livelihood strategy as a response to various stressors, including climatic risks.
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