People related to agricultural sector in rural zones: imminent climate migrants

Abstract

Climate migrations within a country take place because of various reasons. In this work will been reviewed those that occur due the changes in environmental conditions, specifically related to drought’s consequences, increased by climate change, which affect people linked to agriculture as an economic activity or for their own livelihood. Will be review two cases related to this phenomenon that have similar characteristics what makes interesting its comparative analysis: one in the commune of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region, Chile), and the other in La Montaña (Guerrero State, Mexico).Legal regulations related to water resources, public policies related with drought and climate change are going to be analyzed. Finally, it will be studied whether or not there is an adequate institutional response that seeks to prevent or mitigate this type of displacement. The foregoing is relevant because this is a continuous and progressive situation, also observing the existence of people who are in an imminent migration situation, for similar reasons of the analyzed cases.