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Focusing on Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, it examines how environmental stressors like droughts and floods intersect with ethnic discrimination and political instability. It highlights the specific vulnerabilities of displaced populations, such as the Rohingya and Afghans, who often reside in hazard-prone urban slums or camps. The document argues that national and regional policies frequently omit the climate-conflict-migration nexus and recommends that humanitarian agencies and policy-makers integrate these linkages to build long-term resilience and support safe, regular migration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Climate change functions as a 'threat multiplier' in Asia, where it interacts with pre-existing social inequalities, poverty, and political instability to intensify human insecurity and drive both conflict and migration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Afghanistan, conflict and political instability are compounded by severe environmental risks; the country is ranked 17th out of 180 in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 due to high fatality rates from weather-related events.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Rohingya population in Myanmar faces a critical protection gap where systemic marginalization and restrictions on freedom of movement create 'forced immobility,' leaving them unable to migrate to safer areas during climate disasters.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Bangladesh is the most disaster-prone country in South Asia, ranking seventh globally in the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index, with extreme events like Cyclone Amphan displacing approximately 2.5 million people in 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Displaced persons and migrants often settle in high-risk urban slums or camps, increasing their exposure to hazards such as flash floods and landslides while facing tensions with host communities over scarce resources.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Gender and ethnicity significantly shape vulnerability; for example, 52% of Afghan women surveyed by the Mixed Migration Centre cited sexual and gender-based violence as a driver of migration, compared to 22% of men.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Development and climate projects can inadvertently trigger conflict through 'green grabbing,' where land is confiscated by elites under the guise of mitigation or adaptation, displacing local communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"National and regional policy frameworks in Asia generally fail to integrate the nexus of climate, conflict, and migration, often treating migration as a trend to be prevented rather than a potential adaptation strategy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002254#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","climate migration","disaster risk reduction","climate change adaptation","environmental degradation","food insecurity","water scarcity","sea level rise","flood","drought","landslide","tropical cyclone","climate finance","climate justice"],"geography_discussed":["Pakistan","Iran","Turkey","Malaysia","Indonesia","Thailand"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","case study","intersectional analysis"]},{"id":"sei-002818","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-002818","title":"Comments on how the global production gap can be considered in assessing the climate compatibility of UK’s future oil and gas licensing","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2022-02-25","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/uk-checkpoint-response-25feb2022-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The authors argue that any climate compatibility checkpoint for UK oil and gas licensing must be based on a rapid wind-down of production consistent with 1.5°C pathways. They highlight that while different IPCC scenarios vary in their assumptions regarding carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and methane reductions, all require production to peak by 2020 for oil and 2025 for gas. The authors suggest that as a high-income country with low revenue dependence on fossil fuels, the UK should adopt a precautionary approach and potentially decrease production faster than the global average to ensure an equitable transition. 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Using this as a benchmark, the UK's September 2021 OGA projections (showing 49% and 59% decreases) would be aligned, whereas the 2019 'Vision 2035' scenario (showing 22% and 28% decreases) would be incompatible.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002818#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Equity principles suggest that high-income countries with low dependence on fossil fuel revenues, such as the UK, should decrease production faster than the global average to ensure a just transition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002818#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Reducing UK oil and gas production is likely to lead to a net decrease in global emissions because supply reductions increase prices, which in turn reduces global consumption.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002818#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["1.5 degree Celsius climate target","carbon dioxide removal","bio-energy with carbon capture and storage","afforestation","methane emissions","carbon capture and storage","climate justice","equity","common but differentiated responsibility","Net-zero emissions"],"geography_discussed":["United States","The Hague"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy recommendation","technical analysis"]},{"id":"sei-000885","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-000885","title":"Agua local se globaliza: narrativas agua","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"es","date_published":"2022-02-13","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/perspectives/agua-local-se-globaliza-narrativas-agua/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The briefing examines the limitations of current water management frameworks, such as Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and the water-energy-food nexus, in addressing water teleconnections. 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