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

Seasonal temperature trend (1970-2006) . Area and population of the temperature zones per country (CILSS countries)
-0.5 – 0.0°C > 0.0 – 0.5°C > 0.5 – 1.0°C > 1.0 – 1.5°C
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 10,565 3.84 439 2.79 118,215 42.98 6,875 43.68 146,270 53.18 8,415 53.47 - - - -
Cape Verde - - - - 3,221 78.96 425 94.59 858 21.04 24 5.30 - - - -
Chad - - - - - - - - 491,744 38.50 7,883 73.47 689,345 53.98 2,769 25.81
Gambia, The - - - - - - - - 9,953 91.63 731 51.21 909 8.37 721 50.47
Guinea-Bissau - - - - - - - - 16,737 48.97 455 33.29 17,445 51.04 934 68.42
Mali 69,190 5.50 4,767 31.28 305,599 24.28 5,542 36.37 338,226 26.88 3,994 26.21 396,362 31.50 867 5.69
Mauritania - - - - - - - - 304,055 29.12 2,391 67.19 377,230 36.13 1,084 30.47
Niger - - - - 223,406 18.77 9,262 59.65 913,228 76.73 6,208 39.98 53,607 4.50 35 0.22
Senegal - - - - 10,083 5.09 123 1.13 176,445 89.15 6,595 60.62 11,398 5.76 4,294 39.46
total 79,755 1.59 5,206 6.95 660,524 13.17 22,227 29.67 2,397,516 47.79 36,696 48.98 1,546,296 30.82 10,704 14.29
> 1.5 – 2.0°C > 2.0°C
Area Population Area Population
abs. % abs. % abs. % abs. % total area of total population
(km²)
(thsd.)
(km²)
(thsd.)
country (km²) of country (thsd.)
Burkina Faso - - - - - - - - 275,049 15,739
Cape Verde - - - - - - - - 4,079 450
Chad 96,045 7.52 73 0.68 - - - - 1,277,143 10,730
Gambia, The - - - - - - - - 10,862 1,428
Guinea-Bissau - - - - - - - - 34,182 1,366
Mali 149,072 11.85 71 0.46 - - - - 1,258,413 15,238
Mauritania 354,935 33.99 89 2.51 8,020 0.77 1 0.04 1,044,184 3,558
Niger - - - - - - - - 1,190,209 15,528
Senegal - - - - - - - - 197,926 10,881
total 600,053 11.96 233 0.31 8,020 0.16 1 0.00 5,292,047 74,918
Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel
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