Climate change, development, and migration: an African Diaspora perspective

This paper represents an input to sensitize Diaspora around issues of climate change and development. Diaspora communities can instigate policy change both in their old and new homelands. Especially in the fight against climate change, they can play a bridge function so that European and African countries play together their climate policy action.

In order to achieve this, the paper consists of three sections. The first part of the paper focuses on the specific vulnerability of the African continent and its interaction with challenges such as development and migration. The second part consists of an overview of relevant policy fora and opportunities to drive change. The third part concludes with proposing a step-wise approach to capacitate Diaspora communities as active change agents in the fight against climate change.