The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) have entered into a new partnership aimed at addressing the growing links between climate change, environmental degradation and human mobility across Central Africa.
The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on August 14, committing to stronger cooperation on migration, environmental management and climate adaptation.
The partnership comes amid growing concerns that climate change and environmental pressures could trigger large-scale displacement and disrupt the livelihoods of millions of people across the Congo Basin and other parts of Central Africa.
The Congo Basin, which contains the world’s second-largest rainforest after the Amazon, is home to millions of people whose livelihoods depend heavily on forests, agriculture and other natural resources.
According to the World Bank, as many as 216 million people could be displaced within their own countries by 2050 as a result of climate-related pressures, including an estimated 86 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.
