Concern about the human impact of climate change has led to predictions of how people
living in areas vulnerable to drought, flood, and temperature changes will respond to such …

Research on the environmental dimensions of human migration has made important strides
in recent years. However, findings have been spread across multiple disciplines with wide …

Migration is one response to climatic stress and shocks. In this article we review the recent
literature across various disciplines on the effects of climate change on migration. We …

Climate change, especially the warming trend experienced in recent years by several
countries, could affect agricultural productivity. As a consequence the income of rural …

The consequences of environmental change for human migration have gained increasing
attention in the context of climate change and recent large-scale natural disasters, but as yet …

Human migration attributable to climate events has recently received significant attention
from the academic and policy communities 1, 2. Quantitative evidence on the relationship …

Climate-induced migration is one of the most hotly debated topics in the current discourse
on global warming and its consequences. There is a burgeoning field in economics and …

This paper analyzes the effects of weather anomalies on migration in sub-Saharan Africa.
We present a theoretical model that demonstrates how weather anomalies induce rural …

Rural-to-urban migration is an inherent part of the economic development process, yet it is
relatively understudied in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we attempt to describe the …

Africa is likely to experience warming and increased climate variability by the late 21st
century. Climate extremes have been linked to adverse economic outcomes. Hence …