Brazilian Climate Induced Migration and Displacement: Caatinga as an Area Susceptible to Desertification in Brazil

Abstract

The Brazilian government announced it is withdrawing its candidacy to host the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations (UN) Conference on Climate Change (COP-25). In this context, the purpose of this research is to draw attention to the scope and complexity of climate migration and Brazilian Caatinga displacement issues as the fall UNFCCC discussions and conclusion of the Global Compact on Migration approaches, and to produce useful outcomes that may accelerate global action on climate induced migration and displacement. The paper addressed a number of perspectives including the economic, social and legal impacts of climate migration and displacement. The research key component addressed to the role of climate information in the legal and policy frameworks national e international, and data tools, climate reports, and perspectives on future global climate change around the limits of in-habitability.

Presenters

Pedro Diaz Peralta
Visiting Fellow, Yale School of the Environment - Michelle L. Bell´s Research Group, Yale University, United States

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes
Student, PhD, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Human Impacts and Impacts on Humans

KEYWORDS

Global Compact on Migration, Displacement Issues, Climate Migration

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