The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action

Introduction: Climate change is impacting the life, health, and security of people worldwide with poor communities and displaced populations at particular risk due to lack of awareness and mitigation plans. The Tigray war in Ethiopia has forced thousands of refugees to flee and seek safety and shelt...

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Autores principales:	Ayman Ahmed, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Talha Algaily, Suad Sulaiman, Yousif Ali
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Climate Change Health Effects Socioeconomic impacts Tigray war Flooding Heavy Rains Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c988f3e1f12b40c4b007ec9571097a182021-11-18T04:54:07ZThe impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action2667-278210.1016/j.joclim.2021.100057https://doaj.org/article/c988f3e1f12b40c4b007ec9571097a182021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000547https://doaj.org/toc/2667-2782Introduction: Climate change is impacting the life, health, and security of people worldwide with poor communities and displaced populations at particular risk due to lack of awareness and mitigation plans. The Tigray war in Ethiopia has forced thousands of refugees to flee and seek safety and shelter in Sudan. Methods: We investigated the impacts of climate change on this displaced population with a focus on the conditions experienced by Ethiopian humanitarian refugees who fled from the Tigray war in Ethiopia and settled in the Gedaref state, East Sudan. We analyzed data regarding the displaced population and climate-related weather effects in Sudan. Results: Sudan is currently hosting over 63 thousand Ethiopian refugees who arrived between November 2020 and April 2021. These refugees were exposed to severe weather conditions including heavy rains, strong storms, severe floods, and heat waves which resulted in over 50% loss of their shelters and belongings, and around two thousand latrines were destroyed. Furthermore, an outbreak of Hepatitis E virus is ongoing among refugees with nearly one thousand cases reported. Massive and routine vaccination campaigns were launched to avoid the spread of locally transmitted diseases among the refugees including COVID-19, polio, cholera, and measles. Conclusion: The living conditions and lack of reliability of essential services among the displaced populations are increasing their vulnerability to the negative impacts of climate change on their life, health, and security. We recommend incorporating a mitigation and adaptation plan to climate change into humanitarian response plan and strategies, including raising awareness and training, in order to prepare a well-developed contingency plan that takes these factors into account.Ayman AhmedNouh Saad MohamedEmmanuel Edwar SiddigTalha AlgailySuad SulaimanYousif AliElsevierarticleClimate ChangeHealth EffectsSocioeconomic impactsTigray warFloodingHeavy RainsPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270Meteorology. ClimatologyQC851-999ENThe Journal of Climate Change and Health, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100057- (2021)
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topic	Climate Change Health Effects Socioeconomic impacts Tigray war Flooding Heavy Rains Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
spellingShingle	Climate Change Health Effects Socioeconomic impacts Tigray war Flooding Heavy Rains Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Ayman Ahmed Nouh Saad Mohamed Emmanuel Edwar Siddig Talha Algaily Suad Sulaiman Yousif Ali The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action
description	Introduction: Climate change is impacting the life, health, and security of people worldwide with poor communities and displaced populations at particular risk due to lack of awareness and mitigation plans. The Tigray war in Ethiopia has forced thousands of refugees to flee and seek safety and shelter in Sudan. Methods: We investigated the impacts of climate change on this displaced population with a focus on the conditions experienced by Ethiopian humanitarian refugees who fled from the Tigray war in Ethiopia and settled in the Gedaref state, East Sudan. We analyzed data regarding the displaced population and climate-related weather effects in Sudan. Results: Sudan is currently hosting over 63 thousand Ethiopian refugees who arrived between November 2020 and April 2021. These refugees were exposed to severe weather conditions including heavy rains, strong storms, severe floods, and heat waves which resulted in over 50% loss of their shelters and belongings, and around two thousand latrines were destroyed. Furthermore, an outbreak of Hepatitis E virus is ongoing among refugees with nearly one thousand cases reported. Massive and routine vaccination campaigns were launched to avoid the spread of locally transmitted diseases among the refugees including COVID-19, polio, cholera, and measles. Conclusion: The living conditions and lack of reliability of essential services among the displaced populations are increasing their vulnerability to the negative impacts of climate change on their life, health, and security. We recommend incorporating a mitigation and adaptation plan to climate change into humanitarian response plan and strategies, including raising awareness and training, in order to prepare a well-developed contingency plan that takes these factors into account.
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author	Ayman Ahmed Nouh Saad Mohamed Emmanuel Edwar Siddig Talha Algaily Suad Sulaiman Yousif Ali
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title	The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action
title_short	The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action
title_full	The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action
title_fullStr	The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action
title_full_unstemmed	The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action
title_sort	impacts of climate change on displaced populations: a call for action
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
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The impacts of climate change on displaced populations: A call for action

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