Chad - Climate Change: Impact on Human Mobility, Infrastructure, Livelihoods and Transhumance (01 March - 31 August 2023)

Environmental change is increasingly recognized as a central and cross-cutting issue, especially in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa (WCA), where land-locked Chad is located. The frequency and intensity of natural hazards, such as floods, droughts, and extreme heat, are increasing due to climate change, leading to the escalation of disasters and contributing to conflicts that may force or incentivize people to move. Chad, one of the most vulnerable countries globally to climate change, faces significant challenges such as desertification, the depletion of water resources, and irregular rainfall patterns, all of which threaten the livelihoods of its largely agrarian and pastoral population. Historically, Chad has been a point of origin, destination and transit for various migration flows. However, comprehensive data on environmental migration in the country remains scarce, hindering a complete understanding of the connections between climate change, natural hazards and migration dynamics. Nevertheless, IOM is among the institutions systematically collecting and analysing data on population movements at multiple levels, thus placing it in a good position to leverage its data collection tools to address existing data gaps on human mobility in the context of climate change, environmental degradation and disasters

In Chad, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) gathers and analyses data to disseminate critical multi layered information on the mobility, vulnerabilities, and needs of displaced and mobile populations that enables decision makers and responders to provide these populations with better context specific assistance.

This dashboard presents data on the impact of climate change, environmental degradation and natural hazards on human mobility in Chad based on DTM datasets collected in 2023 using different tools. However, these tools were not developed to specifically collect data on climate change, environmental degradation and disasters on human mobility. Therefore, this dashboard provides only a limited presentation of data on the climate and environmental impacts on human mobility and migration in Chad during 2023.