African Climes

Migration is caused by people moving in search of better conditions in life. These conditions can be economic, political, religious or other ‘life’ conditions. people on the move - courtesy  Climate change causes migration both directly and indirectly. Directly, flooded cities in coastal areas or dried out areas inland would be inhospitable and cause people to abandon the said areas and move elsewhere. Island countries especially in the Pacific and Carribean are under threat from rising sea waters both directly and indirectly. Land acreage is being lost to the sea and freshwater aquifers are being invaded by sea water threatening even agriculture.  As noted, food insecurity and conflicts arising from over exploitation of increasingly scarce natural resources lead to migration. Climate change is also a major factor fuelling or compounding other existing problems with its tentacles spreading to national and regional geopolitics. What do I mean?  Well, imag...