Cyclone displacement risk profile

This displacement risk profile estimates displacement risk forced by strong wind damages from cyclonic system and is an important piece of information to reconstruct the puzzle of displacement risk in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region. A number of UN agencies and partners established a Joint Programme funded under the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to improve regional and national migration governance in the context of the adverse impacts of climate change and environmental degradation.

To enhance this governance, evidence is key. The Joint Programme has therefore supported this study developing as an innovative solution to addressing risk modelling. Among the sudden onset hazard that are relevant in determining such important displacement figures cyclones play an important role at least for some of IGAD member states, namely Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea.