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The planetary crisis along with global warming, extreme weather events and threats to health and livelihoods poses existential threats. While environmental implications vary from context to context and vulnerabilities depend also on geopolitical factors and socio-economical determinants, populations, systems and institutions in LMICs have limited capacity to adapt to the crisis. Communities are more vulnerable to  climate related impacts, scarcity of resources, poverty, weak governance and the threat of terrorism – all potential factors to trigger conflict and displacement. The Lake Chad basin, Mali, Ethiopia, and Somalia are only a few examples of complex prolonged humanitarian crises triggered by climate change and its environmental impacts. Migration as a frequent coping mechanism of individuals and communities is expected to further increase in the years to come.

The category offers resources on the interplay between the planetary health crisis, health and migration. It empowers learners to apply a planetary health perspective to the complex factors influencing migration and displacement.

Learning objectives:

• Learners will be able to explain the complex relation of the planetary crisis, health and migration.

• Learners will be able to apply a planetary health lens to the complex factors behind migration and displacement.