Assistant Professor\, UBC Department of Geography
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Abstract: The world’s resource-poor populations bear a disproportionate burden of global climate change effects. And according to the World Bank\, as of 201 8\, four out of five people living below the international poverty line res ide in rural areas. In response to deteriorating climatic conditions\, many populations – particularly those dependent on agriculture for their liveli hoods – rely on alternative employment and migration as coping/survival str ategies. In northern Ghana\, climate change effects (particularly reduced/e rratic rains and deteriorating edaphic conditions) peaked around the late 1 970s. Coupled with (neo)colonial legacies of underdevelopment and a resulti ng vicious cycle of poverty\, many residents of northern regions have relie d on rural-rural migration to southern Ghana for sustenance. In this talk\, I discuss the findings of my research among migrants in southern rural des tination communities of Ghana\, as well as non-migrants and return-migrants in northern origin communities\, in relation to climate change and domesti c and foreign investment (DaFI). The findings reveal that in the origin are as\, non-migrants and return-migrants report poor environmental/farming con ditions\, exclusion from DaFI opportunities\, and decreasing social capital /support due to growing migrations. Women\, older adults\, and people with disabilities tend to be excluded from migrations. In destination areas\, mi grants’ post-migration experiences often do not meet their pre-migration ho pes of livelihood improvement\, due largely to social exclusion in destinat ion communities and the persistence of poverty. Migrants\, non-migrants and return-migrants in both origin and destination areas continue to experienc e the vulnerabilities brought on by climate change and inequitable DaFI\, a lthough these experiences differ along gendered\, socioeconomic and other a xes of marginalisation.
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