Livelihood Security: Climate change, conflict and migration in - UNEP

Annex 6. Land area and population affected by changes in the four
climate indicators used
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Seasonal precipitation trend (1970-2006) . Area and population of the precipitation zones per country (CILSS countries)
< -100 mm > -100 – -50 mm > -50 – 50 mm > 50 – 100 mm
Area Population Area Population Area Population Area Population
abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. %
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
Burkina Faso - - - - 9,830 3.57 767 4.87 151,842 55.21 8,288 52.66 104,033 37.82 5,570 35.39
Cape Verde - - - - - - - - 4,079 100.00 450 100.00 - - - -
Chad - - - - - - - - 655,513 51.33 1,396 13.01 316,797 24.81 3,448 32.14
Gambia, The - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guinea-Bissau - - - - - - - - 512 1.50 11 0.79 2,808 8.22 78 5.73
Mali - - - - - - - - 738,550 58.69 5,281 34.66 473,230 37.61 9,086 59.63
Mauritania - - - - - - - - 746,163 71.46 443 12.45 179,413 17.18 1,635 45.96
Niger - - - - - - - - 609,444 51.20 371 2.39 409,673 34.42 5,950 38.32
Senegal - - - - - - - - - - - - 29,942 15.13 843 7.74
total - - - - 9,830 0.20 767 1.02 2,906,103 57.93 16,240 21.68 1,515,896 30.22 26,610 35.52
> 100 – 250 mm > 250 mm
Area Population Area Population
abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % total area of total population
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
country (km²) of country (thsd.)
Burkina Faso 9,344 3.40 1,103 7.01 - - - - 275,049 15,739
Cape Verde - - - - - - - - 4,079 450
Chad 304,824 23.87 5,879 54.79 - - - - 1,277,143 10,730
Gambia, The 10,862 100.00 1,428 100.00 - - - - 10,862 1,428
Guinea-Bissau 30,857 90.27 1,283 93.94 - - - - 34,182 1,366
Mali 46,670 3.71 872 5.72 - - - - 1,258,413 15,238
Mauritania 118,664 11.36 1,489 41.86 - - - - 1,044,184 3,558
Niger 171,123 14.38 9,183 59.14 - - - - 1,190,209 15,528
Senegal 167,983 84.87 10,076 92.61 - - - - 197,926 10,881
total 860,328 17.15 31,313 41.80 - - - - 5,292,047 74,918
Note: There are no zones in the CILSS countries with a change in precipitation of less than -100millimetres (MM) or more than 250 millimetres (MM)
Note:
There are no zones in the CILSS countries with a change in precipitation of less than -100 millimeters (mm),
or more than 250 millimeters (mm).
Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel
Seasonal temperature trend (1970-2006)
Area and population of the temperature zones per country (CILSS countries)