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<p>The Department for International Development has not directly commissioned studies
on the impact of water shortages on migration patterns from the southern hemisphere
to northern Europe.</p><p>We recognise climate change and increasing water shortages
can combine with other factors to influence migration decisions and therefore fund
analytical work to improve the understanding of the impacts of climate change in developing
countries. Examples include our work with the Natural Environment Research Council
on the Future Climate for Africa Programme and our support to the World Bank’s Water
Global Practice, which has produced analyses on the effects of water shortages, including
migration. We are also building the evidence base to better understand why people
migrate as part of our efforts set out in the 2015 UK Aid Strategy to tackle the root
causes of migration.</p><p>In 2011, the Government Office for Science commissioned
the Foresight Report on <em>Migration and Global Environmental Change</em> which analysed
how human population movements across the world could be affected by global environmental
changes.</p>
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