Climate change is leading to abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’ across Uttarakhand
Vulnerable to both slow- and rapid-onset climate change hazards, threats facing the northern state of Uttarakhand are resulting in climate migration challenges such as abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’, according to new research. Insights from the state published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre note that climate change-related weather factors have seen disruption to …
