Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Post

The Global Report on #InternalDisplacement by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has been released and the numbers keep rising. 26.4 million people were displaced due to extreme weather events and natural disasters with 3.7 million belonging to South Asia. As much as it's important to learn about the 'big numbers' associated with #HumanMobility due to #ClimateChange, it is also important to understand the complex socio-economic challenges faced by people due to #conflicts and #disasters. These large figures must not overshadow the local-level #vulnerabilities faced by people across the globe. Improvement in #predicting migration patterns, better understanding of the socio-economic and legal consequences of migration and displacement, and #financialsupport measures must be explored to build the adaptive capacity of people who are at risk of displacement. In such a scenario, the Risk Index for Climate Displacement is a welcome step by IOM Asia Pacific. Visit the website for the report here: https://lnkd.in/gSsyxEKq

Delve into our latest article, 'Assessing ground contamination to protect local livelihoods,' authored by Samuel James, our Senior Project Manager. Discover our impactful collaborations with the World Bank Group (WBG) and the Ministry of Environment (MoEn) in Iraq.   ➡️ Don't miss out, read the article now: https://lnkd.in/dvP5-vuR #rsk #iraq #environment #article #environmentalimpact

An interdisciplinary approach is crucial to address #climatechange and #publichealth in Lebanon and Jordan. This includes incentivizing governments to integrate climate considerations into health policies and fostering cross-sectoral collaboration and stakeholder awareness. Emphasizing research and developing quantifiable climate-health indicators will further unify efforts to tackle these interlinked challenges effectively.

Concluding the section on the examples of Community-Resilience building via Adaptation in South Asia. Good examples from different sectors made efficient, effective, resource-sensitive and culturally appropriate because they are al community-based adaptations. IPCC reports miss these aspects because of the focus on global models which lack the ability to provide local risk info. Let’s hope future projections will focus on societally relevant timescales and location-specific risk information. #adaptation #mitigation #communityresilience #communitybased #netzero #india #bangladesh #pakistan #climatechange #resilience #vulnerability https://lnkd.in/dBP9shTE

LIVE: From the P4H Technical Exchange Group Meeting: Links between climate change and social health protection. What are the next steps for the P4H Network? Important country insights from Cambodia and Kenya. #ClimateAction #SHP #P4HNetwork

Land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 due to degradation https://lnkd.in/gxfqAnDT #UltraTech #UltraTechEnvironmentalConsultancyandLaboratory #EnvironmentalServices #EnvironmentProtection

Contemporary wars due to destructive weapons affect civilians, especially children, and devastate the environment. I dream of global ceasefire and peace. "Residents of Gaza are experiencing acute respiratory infections, diarrhea, lice and scabies." #environment #health #sustainability #ceasefire #peaceandsecurity Read more https://lnkd.in/ez74TnyU

The conflict in Gaza is not just a human tragedy but also an environmental catastrophe. Currently, nearly 20,000 people, including over 7,000 children, are confirmed killed, with many more feared buried under the rubble, and almost 2 million displaced. Additionally, the use of white phosphorus munitions and heavy bombing are inflicting irreversible harm on the environment, further endangering human health. Amidst our ongoing global environmental crisis, this situation in Gaza underscores the critical need for cooperation and peace. We must ask ourselves, how much devastation must occur before we say #enoughisenough? In a time when unity and collaborations are crucial, the continuation of such destruction and disregard for life is both heartbreaking and incredibly alarming. #ceasefirenow #climatecrisis #gazacrisis

👀 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 #𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀? 🌍 About 6.3 billion people live in countries considered ‘water insecure’ or ‘critically water insecure’. This is 80% of the global population!   💧 Of these 4.3 billion people live in the Asia-Pacific region, 1.4 billion in Africa, 415 million in the Americas, and 65 million in Europe.   Explore #WaterSecurity report by The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) 👉 https://bit.ly/49rIDjC

On this #EnvConflictDay we need to understand that armed conflicts have severe effects on the environment and biodiversity that also lead to mass #migration, health issues for #militaraypersonnel and citizens that have to be urgently addressed! The Conflict and Environment Observatory, United Nations