Fishing boat on soil affected by increasing salination. Photo: Photo: Prithvi Raj for MIGNEX. CC BY-SA
Fishing boat on soil affected by increasing salination. Photo: Photo: Prithvi Raj for MIGNEX. CC BY-SA

PRIO Research Professor Marta Bivand Erdal together with Sehr Nisar, Prithvi Raj, Neha Ramchand, Furrukh Khan and Rashid Memon, have contributed a new blog post in the MIGNEX Insight series, entitled "Hope and despair in the Indus river delta: navigating the treacherous waters of capitalism, climate change and politics".

Concern over the impacts of climate change is rising globally, and often seen in relation to migration. Drawing on MIGNEX fieldwork in Keti Bandar, a Pakistani fishing port in the Indus River delta, the authors sketch observed climate change impacts and scope for local action