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What is Disaster Displacement?

Riskepedia: What is disaster displacement?
UNU-EHS expert Robert Oakes explains it in this #Riskepedia video!

Date Published
16 Oct 2023
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What is disaster displacement?

UNU-EHS senior expert Robert Oakes explains it in this #Riskepedia video.

Learn more about this topic in the new e-learning on #HumanMobility in the context of #ClimateChange by UNU-EHS & the German Corporation for International Cooperation.

Theme
Climate change
Keywords
Mobility Migration Disasters Natural hazards
Institute
UNU-EHS
Copyright
United Nations University, Creative commons, 2024
Series
Riskepedia

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