Vienna, Austria: Have a look at this video where Harjeet Singh speaks about the link between climate change and migration in South Asia. 18 million people were forced to leave their homes for this reason between 2015 and 2020 in just five countries in South Asia. Our SAMAC project was established to raise awareness of the climate “push factor” which is poorly understood and therefore not given the attention it deserves.
Link to video:
https://www.budapestprocess.org/silkroutesfacility/projects-in-the-silk-routes-countries/183-samac
This activity is funded by the European Union through the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) managed project Improving Migration Management in the Silk Routes Countries.The implementing partners of the SAMAC initiative are Action Aid, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) and Tadbeer Consulting.