Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Is Climate-Vulnerable Africa Prepared for Increased Displacement?

Africa may be the most climate-vulnerable region of the world, with drought, extreme heat and storms, and other impacts affecting millions across the continent. These environmental events have forced people from their homes and in some cases even contributed to conflict between different groups. By far, most climate-affected individuals who migrate stay either within their own country or go elsewhere on the continent, rather than migrating beyond Africa. How prepared is the continent for a future of increased displacement? Governments are making some strides to accommodate displaced people—although there is often a gap between official rhetoric and the realities on the ground. This episode discusses climate-linked migration issues across Africa with Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo, a senior research consultant at the South Africa-based Institute for Security Studies.

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Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Is Climate-Vulnerable Africa Prepared for Increased Displacement? is an episode from Migration Policy Institute Podcasts by Migration Policy Institute.

This episode is 39:15 long.

This episode was published on Jan 26, 2026.

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