The Urgent Need to Prepare for Climate Displacement in Myanmar: Establishing a Myanmar National Climate Land Bank
Publisher: Displacement Solutions
Date: 2018
Topics: Climate Change, Disasters, Governance, Land
Countries: Myanmar
The results of this study have led Displacement Solutions and Ecodev to believe that the government of Myanmar needs to fully recognise its national and international obligations regarding how best to protect the rights of climate displaced persons and communities in the country. In the process of doing so, the government should give serious consideration to the development of practical measures to mitigate community vulnerability through the design and establishment of a Myanmar National Climate Land Bank (MNCLB).
This report provides a summary of the findings from two preliminary case studies of communities considered potentially vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather events and climate change in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta and Mon State of Myanmar. The results offer insights into how some of the dynamics of a MNCLB could work in Myanmar and other countries in practical terms to build community resilience and provide a foundation for a proactive national climate change adaptation strategy which protects everyone affected in a manner consistent with their fundamental human rights.