Session III: The effect of extreme environmental events on migration

This presentation concentrates mainly on Extreme Environmental Events (EEE) and addresses how EEEs directly or indirectly affect human habitat and trigger population displacement and migration at local, regional and global levels. For the present discourse, the EEE is defined as any disaster that is likely to affect a large population and/or a wider region whose effects are experienced immediately by the community. EEE-induced migrants are displaced due to loss of their immediate environment for sustenance. This presentation offers a broader or macro-view of environmental events that cause greater movement of people, with reference to some of the disasters in known history.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Reduced Inequalities

Sustainable Cities and Communities