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What drives migration in Ghana and Ethiopia?
We often hear that climate change will cause mass movements of people, but is that really the case? In this interview we hear from experts from Ethiopia and Ghana that for years have been studying how climate change affects migration.
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Climate is changing and the world's poorest countries are hit hardest by those changes. Already now countries like Ghana and Ethiopia are experiencing longer doughts, more unstable rain fall and higher temperatures.
In countries where a majority of the population depends on farming to survive this can have major impact on people's livelihood. They might try to change crops, change their way of living. They might migrate...
In this interview we talk to two researchers Francis Jarawura from Ghana and Zerihun Mouhammed from Ethiopia and hear their analysis of why people migrate or don't migrate as a result of climate change.
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