CLIMATE-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION IN INDIA Case studies from West Bengal, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand & Bihar. CLIMATE-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION IN INDIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS: Rishu Garg, Dipak Zade (WOTR, Maharashtra), Jayanta Basu (West Bengal), Hridayesh Joshi (Uttarakhand), Sanjay Vashist, Rushati Das, Nakul Shandilya (Bihar), Santosh Patnaik (Odisha) EDITORS: Shailendra Yashwant & Jessica Faleiro. LAYOUT & DESIGN: Roopa Rampura, Interactive Solutions. COVER PHOTO: Migrant Labourers, Chennai, India by Shailendra Yashwant DATE: January 2021 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : The authors are grateful to Ms. Pamela Metschar of South Asian desk of Bread for the World (BftW), Mr. Abhishek Dutta and Mr. Sandeep Sharma from Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF) for their funding and support for execution of the project. This report has greatly benefitted from the feedback provided by Mr. Harjeet Singh (ActionAid). CONTACT: Mr. Sanjay Vashist, Director, Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) C/o Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies Rd No 16/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh. KvK number in The Netherlands: 55304583 Website: www.cansouthasia.net Email:
[email protected] CLIMATE-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION IN INDIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Table of Contents Abbreviations___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Executive Summary____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 1. INTRODUCTION _____________________________________________________________________________________